John Brown (CV)
2003-Oct-20 19:38 UTC
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Hi List, I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming firmware. Please keep in mind that adding new features take time to develop, test and such. So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 1 = Nice to have some day 10 = Got to have it right now Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already on the list. :) Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints and more towards constructive comments. I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. John Brown, Chagres Technologies, Inc Buy your VoIP hardware from us email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes
Brian West
2003-Oct-20 20:04 UTC
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John, I want the tftp configs done like cfgMACADDRESS.txt or compile them into a binary form like the ATA's use. And stop trying to rip us for the GAPS system. WHAT A RIP. It makes cisco so worth the extra cash! Config refresh similar to the ATA.. refresh config every x seconds. bkw On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, John Brown (CV) wrote:> Hi List, > > I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week > and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, > functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming > firmware. > > Please keep in mind that adding new features take time > to develop, test and such. > > So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 > > 1 = Nice to have some day > > 10 = Got to have it right now > > > > Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already > on the list. :) > > Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints > and more towards constructive comments. > > I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. > > John Brown, > Chagres Technologies, Inc > > Buy your VoIP hardware from us > email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
lists@idontknow.com
2003-Oct-20 21:18 UTC
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I'm pretty happy with mine, I've got 2 of them as basic extensions, but I've found the following with daily use. The phone needs more lower bandwidth codecs, starting with GSM or ilbc scale 10 The blue backlight to stay on since the display doesn't tilt it makes it easier to see. flashing it for message waiting indicator. scale 10 The format for the tftp needs to be disclosed, GAPS or whatever they call it seems sort of "we sold you a cheap phone, now we want to gouge you on the support for it" and that doesn't make anyone happy. scale 10 Unrelated to firmware... the next models need to have wall hooks in the receiver and cradle for wall mounting. I'm sure I'll think of more things after I hit send, Mark (Q-At-Work in IRC) At 08:38 PM 10/20/2003, you wrote:>Hi List, > >I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week >and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, >functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming >firmware. > >Please keep in mind that adding new features take time >to develop, test and such. > >So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 > >1 = Nice to have some day > >10 = Got to have it right now > > > >Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already >on the list. :) > >Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints >and more towards constructive comments. > >I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. > >John Brown, >Chagres Technologies, Inc > >Buy your VoIP hardware from us >email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes > > >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
On Monday 20 October 2003 21:38, John Brown (CV) wrote:> Hi List, > > I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week > and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, > functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming > firmware. > > Please keep in mind that adding new features take time > to develop, test and such. > > So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 > > 1 = Nice to have some day > > 10 = Got to have it right nowHi John, We have a 10 and we need it yesterday (as well as many other people who don't even know it). We have a Bug report at GS. The problem is with STUN and changing IP Addresses. It happens like this: 1. Phone does a STUN query and registers fine. 2. If the public IP Address changes sometime later (like on a DSL line that disconnects and connects back), the phone will keep registering with the original IP address, and thus will fail to work properly. It apparently does not attempt further STUN queries for registration purposes. We have sent Sniffer traces to David Li and hopefully they will fix it soon. But we reported this over 4 weeks ago and it is still a huge problem for us. Please help us push this through. Thanks, Andres> > > > Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already > on the list. :) > > Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints > and more towards constructive comments. > > I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. > > John Brown, > Chagres Technologies, Inc > > Buy your VoIP hardware from us > email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
rnc Info Lists
2003-Oct-20 21:48 UTC
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7 - Ringer volume control 4 - plug in module of user programmable buttons for frequently called numbers. Not everyone would need this so being able to add as an optional module would keep the base phone cost effective. 9 - ability to switch back and forth between speakerphone and handset 7 - message waiting light under the message button. The LCD light blinking is nice but is not easy to see when the room is well lit. 4 - headset jack Thanks for taking the survey. You might also encourage David to have his folks actively participate in the lists. I mentioned it to him before and his reason for not having a more active presence was to avoid the appearance of being commercial on the lists. Personally, I think that it would help to build a better relationship between his technical folks and their userbase. Robert> Hi List, > > I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week > and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, > functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming > firmware. > > Please keep in mind that adding new features take time > to develop, test and such. > > So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 > > 1 = Nice to have some day > > 10 = Got to have it right now > > > > Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already > on the list. :) > > Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints > and more towards constructive comments. > > I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. > > John Brown, > Chagres Technologies, Inc > > Buy your VoIP hardware from us > email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
John Todd
2003-Oct-20 23:07 UTC
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>Hi List, > >I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week >and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, >functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming >firmware. > >Please keep in mind that adding new features take time >to develop, test and such. > >So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 > >1 = Nice to have some day > >10 = Got to have it right now > >Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already >on the list. :) > >Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints >and more towards constructive comments. > >I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. > >John Brown, >Chagres Technologies, IncJohn - I've discussed some of these with you, but here are a few for consumption and comments by the list: 8 - Encryption. * will probably support it as soon as some reasonable handsets support it. Grandstream should be the initiator in this process, with SRTP or some other RFC-approved method for delivering crypto SIP audio channels. Every business I talk to lists this on their priority chart for VoIP, and there are NO ANSWERS right now from major SIP handset vendors as far as voice crypto goes. I'm starting to think that it's a conspiracy. 8 - The TFTP configuration nonsense has been discussed. This needs to turn into an openly documented standard. Proprietary standards are useless, and all of them die eventually - why prolong the agony on your customers? 5 - Weight. Phone should weigh more. I'm constantly pulling it across the table with only the slightest stretching of the phone cord. 6 - Tilting display. Display should tilt up so I can actually read it. OR: base that tilts the whole phone up about 45 degrees (note: if this is the case, the weight issue really needs to be resolved) 9 - Buttons. The 102 model I have absolutely SUCKS as far as the buttons go. I have to pretty much press them like manual typewriter keys to get them to work. Any lateral force causes them to bind up. 10 - button response. Even when I _do_ manage to press the keys firmly enough, if I type too fast the keystrokes are lost. This is really, REALLY annoying. Button response needs to be sped up significantly. I almost always have to dial every number two or three times, or slow down to one button every second. Thus, I use my Cisco phones and leave the grandstream to gather dust. JT
Brian Capouch
2003-Oct-21 00:12 UTC
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John Brown (CV) wrote:> > Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already > on the list. :) > > Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints > and more towards constructive comments. >1. More volume out of the speakerphone, and better range of the headset volume. I guess it would be sort of "out there" but if it were possible to separately adjust them that would be boss. To get the speakerphone to even be heard whilst hunching over it requires full volume. But then if someone calls and I don't put it back down it blasts my ears off. 2. Support for lower-b/w codecs. My list would include iLBC, Speex, and GSM. 3. Announced (supervised? consultative?) Transfers. 4. IAX support, which would lead to better NAT support. Thx. B.
John Brown (CV) wrote:>Hi List, > >I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week >and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, >functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming >firmware. > >Please keep in mind that adding new features take time >to develop, test and such. > >So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 > >1 = Nice to have some day > >10 = Got to have it right now > > > >Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already >on the list. :) > >Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints >and more towards constructive comments. > >I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. > >John Brown, >Chagres Technologies, Inc > >Buy your VoIP hardware from us >email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes > > >Hi John, My biggest issue is a hardware issue and is the single biggest reason why I have not been able to sell the GS phones into a company and that is the 10Mbps ethernet ports.. I guess if you are using the 101 then its not much of an issue but the whole cost saving is to cut down on wiring costs so the only model we even look at it the 102.. I don't have a single client that runs 10Mbps ethernet in their offices anymore and to tell them that the phone will downgrade their network speed to 10Mbps puts them off the phone straight away.. Staying with hardware, the screen needs to be angled a little to make it easier to read and needs to support more digits, and the buttons need to be easier to press.. Here are my suggestions for firmware updates.. 10 - Support for open low bandwidth codecs, specifically iLBC and GSM. 10 - Consultative Transfer. 7 - A nice feature of the Snom phones is the ability to type in the number with the handset still down and then the number is dialed when the handset is lifted or the OK button is pressed. This way you can take as long as you like to dial a number.. GS have the send/dial button so this feature should not be hard to add.. Adding to this.. it would be nice to be able to go through the "Called" and "Callers" call logs with the handset down and then when on the number you want to dial just lift the handset.. 5- Config refresh, apply config settings (even some of then) without needing to reboot the phone. Mark on the config page which settings will require a reboot to take effect.. 3 - Show the text part of the CallerID..(Think this may be a hardware issue or limitation) Fianally hardware support.. I had a power supply go on one of my GS phones, I purchased that phone from GS's agent in the US before there was anywhere to buy the phones in the UK, I contacted GS and then appologised and asked for my address, I assumed that was so I could be sent a replacement, I sent them my address..Now months later I have sent follow up emails which never get a response and I still don't have a replacement power supply.. so maybe you can speak to the president about that too.. That should about do it.. Later..
Michael T Farnworth
2003-Oct-21 01:39 UTC
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, John Brown (CV) wrote:> Hi List, > > I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week > and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, > functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming > firmware.It goes without saying that consultative transfer has to be a 10 and I am sure I am not alone in saying so. Other things are niceties, but when selling to business this is an expected basic minimum. Michael
Low, Adam
2003-Oct-21 02:58 UTC
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> I don't have a single client that runs 10Mbps ethernet in their offices anymore and to > tell them that the phone will downgrade their network speed to 10Mbps > puts them off the phone straight away..Hey WipeOut, Maybe I am missing something here but why would it downgrade their network speed to 10mbps, its very rare to find a 100bT switches these days that don't also support 10bT. In a switched ethernet network there would be no performance loss for the other ports !? ********* DISCLAIMER ********* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and may include proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person
Andrew Kohlsmith
2003-Oct-21 03:14 UTC
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Bah, I replied directly instead of to the list. :-(> 1 = Nice to have some day > 10 = Got to have it right now10 - Fix SIP disconnection problem 9 - Ringtones (downloadable?) 8 - ILBC 8 - MUCH MORE professional looking case (this includes dropping the four red LEDs "beneath" the white plastic face), maybe a nice black/gray/smoke matte plastic case, a wall mounting kit with a catch for the handset, etc. 7 - assisted transfer (I think that's what it's called) 6 - POE (12V-48V input range) 6 - 2.5mm headset jack 5 - integrated 100mbit switch ***capable of sustaining 100mbit*** 3 - IAX/IAX2 would be VERY nice 1 - downloadable codecs How's that for starters? Andrew
cg@cdegroot.com
2003-Oct-21 03:41 UTC
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John Brown (CV) <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> said:>Please keep in mind that adding new features take time >to develop, test and such. >1. (8) Higher speakerphone volume - the current volume is inadequate; 2. (8) Lower DTMF volume - I usually use the volume at its highest setting (see 1.), the DTMF tones kill you. 3. (5) Documentation flyer you can present to end-users. 4. (1) Other low-bandwidth codecs, although I think that for a commercial application the $10 per channel for G.729 is not really that big an issue. Nice-to-have: IAX Hardware: - wallmount - 100Mbps ports -- Cees de Groot http://www.cdegroot.com <cg@cdegroot.com> GnuPG 1024D/E0989E8B 0016 F679 F38D 5946 4ECD 1986 F303 937F E098 9E8B Cogito ergo evigilo
Andrew Kohlsmith
2003-Oct-21 03:54 UTC
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> 6 - 2.5mm headset jack6.5 - when a headset is connected the ringer should NOT come through the headset... damn that is annoying on softphones... Regards, Andrew
Jonathan Hogg
2003-Oct-21 04:13 UTC
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On 21/10/2003 11:52, Michael T Farnworth wrote:> I defer to your knowledge in this area, but I would be interested to know > what the limit is in terms of the number of devices that can be put > inline.I believe the usual ethernet rule-of-thumb is no more than 4 repeaters between any two points on the network. Depending on your network layout (router, firewall, and switches), this may mean you can only daisy chain once or twice at most. Jonathan -- Jonathan Hogg Director, Technology Seventh Wave Systems Ltd. 4-14 Tabernacle Street London EC2A 4LU Telephone: +44 20 7074 0423 <http://www.seventh-wave-systems.com/>
Robert Hajime Lanning
2003-Oct-21 07:43 UTC
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<quote who="Michael T Farnworth">> On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, rnc Info Lists wrote: > >> Michael, >> How would you be able to connect all phones in a room to one socket? >> The >> Ethernet specificiation has a limit to the number of hubs/switches that >> can be inline. (or at least it used to). The only way I can see to >> connect all phones to one socket would be to daisy chain them. This >> would >> not be a good solution since: >> - all phones would use the same 10mbps segment, chances for collisions >> would be high >> - rules of Ethernet would be violated so even if it did work it may stop >> at any point with some other normally minor change. > > I defer to your knowledge in this area, but I would be interested to know > what the limit is in terms of the number of devices that can be put > inline. > > On the subject of collisions it seems to me that individual phone > bandwidth use is relatively limited when compared to the 10Mbit/s > available, so would the problem really be that substantial? > > Personally I currently have: > > Hub <-> Phone <-> Phone <-> Laptop > > No visible problems here, so certainly 3 phones in a line would seem to > work. I suppose it all comes down to how many phones you put in a line. > > MichaelToo many switches/hubs will cause late collisions. Late collisions are ethernet collisions that happen after the transmitting station has finished transmitting. If it is a store and forward switch, then the switch can retransmit on collision, otherwise the packet is completely lost. This is the same reason why an ethernet cable cannot be over 300 feet. The first bit of the ethernet frame must get to the farthest node in an ethernet segment before the last bit is transmitted by the originating station. This length is based on speed one bit takes to span the distance and the minimum ethernet frame size (64 bytes). Currently the limit is 5 non-"store and forward" switches/hubs. -- END OF LINE
Jon Pounder
2003-Oct-21 08:24 UTC
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Personally, I just wire every jack the same way back to the patch panels, 4pr cat5 or better, terminated in an rj45. Back at the panel wire the blue pair to your analog telephony stuff, and the org/grn to your networking. Then if you plug in an rj11 you get a phone line, if you plug in a network cable that works too. Some would say this is wasteful of wire, but in reality the wire is the least part of the cost of a cabling installation. Labour far outweighs it. If you want a physical 10mb/sec subnet for your phones, easy, just patch the relevant jacks into that hub/switch, separated from the jacks used from your data network. There are also some ways to stretch this distance limit if you are careful, and limit the branching topology of the lan segment.>This is the same reason why an ethernet cable cannot be over 300 feet. >The first bit of the ethernet frame must get to the farthest node in >an ethernet segment before the last bit is transmitted by the originating >station. This length is based on speed one bit takes to span the distance >and the minimum ethernet frame size (64 bytes). > >Currently the limit is 5 non-"store and forward" switches/hubs. > >-- >END OF LINE >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
James Sizemore
2003-Oct-21 10:36 UTC
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10 Fix call waiting tone. 9 Fix the tftp configs so that I can host my own provisioning server. Or make a command prompt based tool kit, so that I can use Gaps with out writing a http screen scraper. 4 Having the Conference button do something would be cool. John Brown (CV) wrote:>Hi List, > >I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week >and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, >functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming >firmware. > >Please keep in mind that adding new features take time >to develop, test and such. > >So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 > >1 = Nice to have some day > >10 = Got to have it right now > > > >Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already >on the list. :) > >Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints >and more towards constructive comments. > >I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. > >John Brown, >Chagres Technologies, Inc > >Buy your VoIP hardware from us >email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes > > >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >
Lee Goodman
2003-Oct-21 12:06 UTC
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10. Auto answer option on 2nd line appearance. To support paging over the phones. Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: " John Brown (CV)" <jmbrown@chagresventures.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:38 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Survey: Grandstream improvements.........> Hi List, > > I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week > and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, > functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming > firmware. > > Please keep in mind that adding new features take time > to develop, test and such. > > So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 > > 1 = Nice to have some day > > 10 = Got to have it right now > > > > Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already > on the list. :) > > Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints > and more towards constructive comments. > > I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. > > John Brown, > Chagres Technologies, Inc > > Buy your VoIP hardware from us > email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Steve Meyers
2003-Oct-21 12:33 UTC
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On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 20:38, John Brown (CV) wrote:> So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-1010 - Fix the TCP/IP stack. The phones don't work with certain switches (i.e. the one at my house), and occasionally do other weird things (although they fixed the MAC address takeover bug, apparently).
Kevin Bockman
2003-Oct-21 13:22 UTC
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This is just my 0.02 but I would really like to have a headset jack. It means all the world to me, but I don't know about others. This would be extra important for cheapo call center clients (like I want to do). This would probably make the difference for me to not get a GS and I decide to buy a hardphone. I can't really put a fair number on this one. Kevin _____________________________________________________________ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com
Michael Koehler
2003-Oct-21 13:45 UTC
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10 - Alphanumeric Display. There is nothing more important.
Steve Sobol
2003-Oct-21 14:27 UTC
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Kevin Bockman wrote:> This is just my 0.02 but I would really like to have a headset jack. It means all the world to me,Me too. I might buy a new GS if it has one :) -- JustThe.net Internet & Multimedia Services 22674 Motnocab Road * Apple Valley, CA 92307-1950 Steve Sobol, Proprietor 888.480.4NET (4638) * 248.724.4NET * sjsobol@JustThe.net
Aaron Martin
2003-Oct-21 21:33 UTC
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5 - ringer volume 7 - 'message' button should flash for message waiting rather than LCD 5 - LCD backlight can be set to always on 3 - wall mount hook for handset 8 - ability to lock the menu on the phone to stop users from 'playing' 7 - speakerphone is not loud enough, even when turned up full 10 - Announced / supervised / consultative Transfers 8 - 100mb ports rather than current 10mb (espec on pass-through models) 5 - angled LCD screen (adjustable would be great!) 7 - alphanumeric LCD 5 - get rid of the 4 red led's under the keypad (ugly!!) ----- Original Message ----- From: " John Brown (CV)" <jmbrown@chagresventures.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 3:38 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Survey: Grandstream improvements.........> Hi List, > > I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week > and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, > functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming > firmware. > > Please keep in mind that adding new features take time > to develop, test and such. > > So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 > > 1 = Nice to have some day > > 10 = Got to have it right now > > > > Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already > on the list. :) > > Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints > and more towards constructive comments. > > I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. > > John Brown, > Chagres Technologies, Inc > > Buy your VoIP hardware from us > email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
> any suggestions????Got it to work. Did some nice stuff with it. Use it for 6 months. Dumped it. It does not scale and introduce unnecessary delays. Uriel -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Jason Penton Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 7:45 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] please help DynExtenDB It seems the DynExtenDB module is not receiving the exten, dnid and contexts from pbx.c. They are all empty. Any suggestions??????? Jason _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
John Brown (CV) wrote:>Hi List, > >I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week >and he is very interested in feedback on what top features, >functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming >firmware. > >Please keep in mind that adding new features take time >to develop, test and such. > >So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10 > >1 = Nice to have some day > >10 = Got to have it right now > > > >Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already >on the list. :) > >Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints >and more towards constructive comments. > >I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary. > >John Brown, >Chagres Technologies, Inc > >Buy your VoIP hardware from us >email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes > > >Here is another thought that I haven't heard mentioned... How about changing the TFTP upgrade in favour of HTTP upgrades and config file retrieval.. I am sure almost everyone has an HTTP server available to them but I doubt many have a TFTP server available.. I think this would help many people.. If you agree reply.. :) Later..
rnc Info Lists
2003-Oct-22 08:07 UTC
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Ouch.. you hit one of my pet peeves.. See below.. This is not meant to be a <FLAME> but rather <SOAPBOX>. Robert> John Brown (CV) wrote: > >>http == hyper text transport protocol >> > So are the entries on your hard drive with a .htm or .html extension not > files? (sorry a little sarcastic I know)*** Big difference beween httProtocol HyperTextMarkupLanguage :-)> >>tftp == trivial FILE trasfer protocol >> >>thus using tftp to do updates seems better. Its also >>a smaller foot print code wise and in boot loader thats >>important. >> > The boot loader size is the the best argument I have heard so far for > using TFTP, but memory is pretty cheap now compared to the days gone by.. > :) ><SOAPBOX> Yes, memory is cheap, disk space is pratically free and processors increase in power every year. But that is not a reason to ignore memory usage or write inefficient programs. IF we used the same programming standards as we had in the last century :-) (70s and 80s) then WinXP would probably run on a 486 with 64MB RAM. </SOAPBOX>
mephisto@kalmannet.com
2003-Oct-22 13:19 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Survey: Grandstream improvements.........
I got these suggestions from the voip forum on dslreports: 1- making them mount on the wall without the handset falling off. They have the screws, but no hook thing on the handset. 2- why do you have to lift the handset to see who called? being able to scroll thru the call display without lifting the handset would be cool 3- fix bugs 4- more codecs. g.711 is the only codec i can use with asterisk which is kind of annoying because it chews through a lot of bandwidth. gsm or ilbc would be really nice. they are free and use very little bandwidth and have releatively decent call quality (at least if you're used to using a cell phone a lot) -Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------------- gsm or ilbc would be really nice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boost audio level in speaker phone mode. The speaker phone audio level is very marginal... The room have to be very quiet and you better be no more than two listening as you will feel crowded getting close enough to the phone to be able to hear. Alain ------------------------------------- How about improvements to the design. 1) Music on hold. Add a memory slot to the side of the phone so you can load in a few songs that will play when someone is put on hold. Or somehow be able to load songs into the phone through the web browser interface. 2) A second line that allows you to make and receive PSTN calls with an extra feature for conferencing between the two lines. I like to only have one phone on my desk that can be used for both PSTN and IP calls. All be it, I do have a two line analog phone and am waiting for the ATA-286 which will solve this problem. 3)Speed dial keys for the most dialed numbers. 4)Headset jack. 5)Different Ring Tones. 6)Louder Speaker volume. Thanks for listening. Martin ------------------------------------- One that would be particularly useful since most VOIP providers don't offer 911 is Fire/Ambulance/Police speed-dial buttons, and an optional 911 "override" in the firmware so if someone tries to dial 911 it can tell them to press one of the programmed buttons- if they're not programmed advises them to find an alternate phone. Make the 911 override optional as some VOIP providers and/or local soft PBX's may have 911 service (I have 911 programmed into asterisk to present a menu of 1 for police 2 for ambulance 3 for fire) and routes the calls according to the context they are in- since my physical location (and that of other friends/employees who have btones) is different from where my actual PSTN connectivity is.