You can also integrate that phonebook with your non-VoIP phones as well (assuming sipXecs is connected to a legacy pbx via a gateway). For example, our legacy pbx users go to the webpage and a click initiates a call to their NEC phone - when picked up - initiates the 2nd leg of the call.
So taking Tony's point even farther - you are no longer limited to utilizing voip phones - but can extend it to cell phones/home phones/etc. Nathaniel Watkins IT Director Garrett County Government 203 South 4th Street, Room 210 Oakland, MD 21550 Telephone: 301-334-5001 Fax: 301-334-5021 E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Graziano Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 1:17 PM To: Discussion list for users of sipXecs software Subject: Re: [sipx-users] system-wide phonebook and depending upon the phone, you could always make a corporate directory from a hosted service internal or not using x html and the like. at least with a web hosted directory the phones are somewhat agnostic and unaffected by changes. they are also not limited by licensing , memory, depending upon the way you deploy it coma brand, model, or screen size. On May 16, 2011 12:39 PM, "Carl Farrington" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Good idea, thank you. I was reading about SIPTAPI just a few days ago after > finding the information on the wiki. > > > > thanks :) > > Carl > > ________________________________ > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > on behalf of Todd Hodgen [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: 16 May 2011 17:27 > To: 'Discussion list for users of sipXecs software' > Subject: Re: [sipx-users] system-wide phonebook > > Additionally, there is the Tapi interface that can be used. The SIPTAPI > program that is free can be installed on the local computer, and then > click-to-call can be used on your entire Exchange provided Outlook Contacts > directory. Personally, I prefer to search for a name via my large screen and > outlook, rather than a small screen on my phone. Click-to-call works very > nicely. > >>From my perspective, I have limited use of the directory on the phones, >>except for unmanned phones in lobbies, etc. and prefer to use Outlook >>Contacts for directory services. > > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Carl Farrington > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 9:08 AM > To: Discussion list for users of sipXecs software > Subject: Re: [sipx-users] system-wide phonebook > > > I did look at this in the past when I was a Polycom user. Mainly due to the > lack of speeddial/function keys on the Polycoms, I have moved onto the Snom > handsets, also for their awesome wiki and forums. > > I think LDAP is the way forward. I can't have an office admin having to "Send > Profiles", and get users to reboot their phones every time a detail is > changed in the company Phonebook. That's not a proper solution. > > I had my Snom, and the Yealink phones here, doing AD LDAP lookups quite > happily so I'll look at that again I think, once I get a router between this > testbed setup and the AD dc. > > ________________________________ > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > on behalf of Josh M. Patten > [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: 16 May 2011 17:00 > To: Discussion list for users of sipXecs software > Subject: Re: [sipx-users] system-wide phonebook > Not sure about snom but Polycom has this for their phones. It's called the > Polycom Productivity Suite and it costs $10-$12 per phone along with a bit of > manual configuration. > > Josh Patten > Brazos County Network Engineer > 979.361.4676 > > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Carl Farrington > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 10:59 AM > To: Discussion list for users of sipXecs software > Subject: Re: [sipx-users] system-wide phonebook > > > Hmm. If I don't include any groups in the group-list, and don't have the > "Everyone" ticked (all system users show in every phonebook), then, as long > as superadmin imports from a CSV file, everything works. The superadmin > imported names/addresses come to the snom phone, and so do the > personally-added contacts. > > I'm not sure this is a usable solution though. Isn't there a way to deal with > the superadmin phonebook contacts rather than importing from a CSV ? > > > > I may look at active directory, but some sort if inbuilt thing would be best. > To be honest, having to regenerate phone configs and reboot phones ever time > a contact is added or amended in the phonebook is a bit crap. Are there any > plans for an inbuild simple LDAP directory server in the system, for use by > the phones ? > > > > cheers, > arl > > ________________________________ > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > on behalf of Carl Farrington > [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: 16 May 2011 16:12 > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [sipx-users] system-wide phonebook > > How do I achieve a system-wide phonebook that contains stuff *other than* > internal users? > > If I create users, and have them in the member-group of a phonebook, then > they go into that phonebook, but I can hardly have my clients add their > external contacts as users. > > It seems that the admin users (superadmin?) should be able to add to the > phonebook, but the superadmin portal doesn't allow viewing of the phonebook > itself, only modification of the phonebook's properties. > > Also, so far, the "show personal contacts on phone" isn't working on my Snom > 370. 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