asterisk users - Apr 2008 - Cisco 7961 + 7914, speeddials, BLF & Asterisk 1.4?

Hi,

Does anyone have any experience with a Cisco 7961 + 7914 Operator
Console setup and speeddials/BLF on Asterisk 1.4? Would appreciate
feedback if this works reliably. I have a 7961 on skinny registering on
an 1.4.19 box with chan_sccp and speeddials work fine so that part seems
ok. I have no experience with the BLF part.
>From googling around it seems that BLF on the 7914 only works with
skinny. Is that the case? If so, anyone know if chan_skinny as part of
Asterisk 1.4 will do or will I need to use chan_sccp? Any other
requirements or patches needed?

Your feedback is most appreciated.

Regards,
Patrick

On 16:12, Tue 22 Apr 08, Patrick wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with a Cisco 7961 + 7914 Operator
> Console setup and speeddials/BLF on Asterisk 1.4? Would appreciate
> feedback if this works reliably. I have a 7961 on skinny registering on
> an 1.4.19 box with chan_sccp and speeddials work fine so that part seems
> ok. I have no experience with the BLF part.
> 
> >From googling around it seems that BLF on the 7914 only works with
> skinny. Is that the case? If so, anyone know if chan_skinny as part of
> Asterisk 1.4 will do or will I need to use chan_sccp? Any other
> requirements or patches needed?
> 
> Your feedback is most appreciated.
chan_skinny in 1.4 is very limited. It does not support hints/speeddials
on the phones.
The 1.6 version has this, and should work fine in your setup.

I'm using chan_skinny at home with both an 7905 and 7960 and
hints/speeddials just work.

I dont know how good chan_sccp is these days. I used it in the 1.0 time
but went with chan_skinny a long time ago (I only use it at home, and
there I run trunk)

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