At some point, it would be nice to see BLF incorporated in sipxui or as an app, until then a phone with the best 'real' estate is the better option. I tend to lean toward 650/670 phones as the screen area gives you the best 'real estate' deal. The sidecars add a lot of punch, but it does get pricey. It doesn't matter whose pbx you put behind it, the visual indication behaves similar on all of them. We have one 650 with 3 sidecars on it, but are looking to swap that out for a desktop application one day.
Remember you can put hundreds of speedials on it, but the BLF means it has to map to a button, and if the button isn;t there, it's just a speeddial. >>> Christopher Wagner <[email protected]> 05/07/09 7:58 PM >>> >>> On May 7, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Tony Graziano wrote: >>>> Christopher Wagner <[email protected]> >>>> 05/07/09 6:29 PM >>> > Hello, > > I apologize if this message comes through twice; I lost my wifi > connection while the first was sending, and I don't think it made it > through. > > I am planning on replacing our aging Avaya Partner system with one > based on sipXecs and the Polycom 550 phones. I have read the sipXecs > wiki, the Polycom manuals, and some google searches, but I still have > some questions regarding BLF. I understand that I can assign > extensions to speed-dial, and that they will appear on available line > keys. Is it possible to have more speed-dials with BLF than line-keys > (without purchasing the attendant console)? > > A - No. You can put them on there but the BLF requires a dedicated > line button, because BLF also associates a colored light with the BLF. > > Ex: 2 Lines on phone, plus 2 extensions with BLF. As long as you > dont go over 4 lines. Speedial you can enter as many as you want. > Alternately thr 650/670 models have 6 lines and an associated 14 > line sidecar. > > This is for a small office > with 10 extensions. No one has a direct line, and everyone > participates in answering phone calls, so it needs to be easy to > determine if another employee is currently on the phone or has DND > set. With our current system, every phone has about 20 or so > programmable keys which are used to show the status of every > extension. > > Does the LCD have an interface to view more speed-dials with BLF? Or > can BLF be shown in a corporate directory or buddy list? Or is my only > option to buy an attendant console for every phone? > > Thank you for all help in clearing this up for me. > > -- > Christopher Wagner > _______________________________________________ > sipx-users mailing list > [email protected] > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users > Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users > Thank you, Tony, for the answer. -- Christopher Wagner _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users
