G'day. I hope this isn't off-topic for the list.
I am looking at an Asterisk setup that includes cordless phones. The
three choices I can see, at this stage, are:
* wifi phones
* an ATA and a cordless analog phone
* a DECT to SIP basestation
The various wifi phone options don't grab us as suitable -- they are
costly, have poor battery life and even the best have pretty mixed
reviews. They just don't, at least in Australia, compare well to the
non-wifi options.
I know a lot of people have success with an ATA and a standard analog
cordless phone. We figure that is the fallback, but:
It seems to me that a direct SIP to DECT gateway could have significant
advantages in terms of supporting the MWI (voicemail) indicator on the
DECT phone directly -- there just isn't any way I could trigger it on
any of the analog sets I have at the moment.
Unfortunately I can't local any information on this; the documentation
for the Zyxel DECT gateways and Siemens Gigaset DECT bases don't say
*anything* about their supporting MWI hardware from a SIP server.
The other killer feature that a DECT base could theoretically offer is
some sort of soft menu system -- ADSI, XML, or whatever.
That would make for extremely nice integration with the CallerID
database in Asterisk, voicemail, etc.
So, can anyone comment on support for MWI in the SIP DECT gateways?
How about soft menu support?
Regards,
Daniel
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Hi, I have a Siemens Gigaset DECT base connected to a Sipura SPA3000. The Message Waiting indicator on the handset works fine in this configuration. (I've used both the S100 and SL100 phones / bases, the operation is identical.) The illuminating Message button on the handset can also be configured to dial *97 so it's a single press if you have voicemail waiting. One 'gotcha' with the SPA3000 (and probably other similar devices) is that by default it internally recognises *nn codes and these all need clearing to allow Asterisk to handle everything. You also may need the latest V3 firmware (even on V2 hardware) especially if you want to use the FXO port as an asterisk trunk. I assume the other Sipura / Linksys devices will have similar features. I've got a SPA2100 dual FXS unit, but I've not got that in use at the moment. I think MWI worked on that but I can't be 100% sure. For the last week I've also been using a Nokia E65 as a WiFi/SIP handset. I'm still experimenting with the overall system setup, but so far this seems to work fine - one handset for both fixed line & mobile calls. Robert.> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Daniel Pittman > Sent: 15 March 2007 03:32 > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [asterisk-users] DECT to SIP gateway experiences > > G'day. I hope this isn't off-topic for the list. > > I am looking at an Asterisk setup that includes cordless > phones. The three choices I can see, at this stage, are: > > * wifi phones > * an ATA and a cordless analog phone > * a DECT to SIP basestation > > The various wifi phone options don't grab us as suitable -- > they are costly, have poor battery life and even the best > have pretty mixed reviews. They just don't, at least in > Australia, compare well to the non-wifi options. > > I know a lot of people have success with an ATA and a > standard analog cordless phone. We figure that is the fallback, but: > > It seems to me that a direct SIP to DECT gateway could have > significant advantages in terms of supporting the MWI > (voicemail) indicator on the DECT phone directly -- there > just isn't any way I could trigger it on any of the analog > sets I have at the moment. > > Unfortunately I can't local any information on this; the > documentation for the Zyxel DECT gateways and Siemens Gigaset > DECT bases don't say > *anything* about their supporting MWI hardware from a SIP server. > > > The other killer feature that a DECT base could theoretically > offer is some sort of soft menu system -- ADSI, XML, or whatever. > > That would make for extremely nice integration with the > CallerID database in Asterisk, voicemail, etc. > > > So, can anyone comment on support for MWI in the SIP DECT gateways? > How about soft menu support? > > Regards, > Daniel > -- > Digital Infrastructure Solutions -- making IT simple, stable > and secure > Phone: 0401 155 707 email: > contact@digital-infrastructure.com.au > http://digital-infrastructure.com.au/ > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Henning Holtschneider
2007-Mar-15 06:01 UTC
[asterisk-users] DECT to SIP gateway experiences
Am Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:32:28 +1100 schrieb Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net>:> It seems to me that a direct SIP to DECT gateway could have > significant advantages in terms of supporting the MWI (voicemail) > indicator on the DECT phone directly -- there just isn't any way I > could trigger it on any of the analog sets I have at the moment. > > Unfortunately I can't local any information on this; the documentation > for the Zyxel DECT gateways and Siemens Gigaset DECT bases don't say > *anything* about their supporting MWI hardware from a SIP server.The MWI depends on the vendor who implements this feature. IIRC, MWI is not part of the DECT specifiations so you won't find any generic information regarding this topic.> The other killer feature that a DECT base could theoretically offer is > some sort of soft menu system -- ADSI, XML, or whatever.Theoretically! The soft menus that you see on DECT handsets are proprietary so they don't work with 3rd party DECT base stations.> So, can anyone comment on support for MWI in the SIP DECT gateways? > How about soft menu support?MWI works on the KIRK Wireless gateways we are using. There is support for soft menus which come from the DECT base but they cannot be sent by the SIP server. MWI only works on KIRK handsets; our attempts with Siemens and Philips handsets were unsuccessful. Best regards, Henning Holtschneider -- LocaNet oHG - http://www.loca.net Lindemannstrasse 81, D-44137 Dortmund tel +49 231 91596-25, fax +49 231 91596-55 sip 25@voip.loca.net Registergericht Amtsgericht Dortmund HRA 14208 Gesch?ftsf?hrer Sven Haufe, Henning Holtschneider -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070315/e94ca74f/signature.pgp