Hi All! I am thinking about fork-lift-upgrading a Nortel-Meridian key system with a * PBX driving SIP phones in the office. The interface to PSTN would be a fractional T1 PRI (11 lines plus D channel). The GS phones look acceptable for most users. The forthcoming "Sayson 480i" would work for management types. The receptionist, however, is currently used seeing a backlit display - with buttons - attached to her phone - showing all the extensions in the office, and who's has a conversation going etc. We believe that autoattendant should only be used after hours ;). Question: How do I drive - acquire such panels with asterisk? What are they called? who makes em? I have seen Monastery, but that may be too cumbersome an interface for the relatively high call volume. I hope I explained what I am looking for. TIA WW
See monastery, maybe help you (http://pbx.unslept.com/newstatus.php) Regards, Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: <willy@yponeinc.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:27 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP - Receptionist> Hi All! > I am thinking about fork-lift-upgrading a Nortel-Meridian > key system with a * PBX driving SIP phones in the office. > The interface to PSTN would be a fractional T1 PRI (11 lines > plus D channel). The GS phones look acceptable for most > users. The forthcoming "Sayson 480i" would work for > management types. The receptionist, however, is currently > used seeing a backlit display - with buttons - attached to > her phone - showing all the extensions in the office, and > who's has a conversation going etc. We believe that > autoattendant should only be used after hours ;). > Question: How do I drive - acquire such panels with > asterisk? What are they called? who makes em? I have seen > Monastery, but that may be too cumbersome an interface for > the relatively high call volume. > I hope I explained what I am looking for. > TIA > WW > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Monastery is neat as a monitoring tool. The console's we're talking about also let the user pick-up calls etc. ----- Original Message Follows -----> See monastery, maybe help you > (http://pbx.unslept.com/newstatus.php) > > Regards, > > Gus > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <willy@yponeinc.com> > To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:27 PM > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP - Receptionist > > > > Hi All! > > I am thinking about fork-lift-upgrading a > > Nortel-Meridian key system with a * PBX driving SIP > > phones in the office. The interface to PSTN would be a > > fractional T1 PRI (11 lines plus D channel). The GS > > phones look acceptable for most users. The forthcoming > > "Sayson 480i" would work for management types. The > > receptionist, however, is currently used seeing a > > backlit display - with buttons - attached to her phone - > > showing all the extensions in the office, and who's has > > a conversation going etc. We believe that autoattendant > > should only be used after hours ;). Question: How do I > > drive - acquire such panels with asterisk? What are they > > called? who makes em? I have seen Monastery, but that > > may be too cumbersome an interface for the relatively > > high call volume. I hope I explained what I am looking > > for. TIA > > WW > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
willy@yponeinc.com wrote:>Hi All! >I am thinking about fork-lift-upgrading a Nortel-Meridian >key system with a * PBX driving SIP phones in the office. >The interface to PSTN would be a fractional T1 PRI (11 lines >plus D channel). The GS phones look acceptable for most >users. The forthcoming "Sayson 480i" would work for >management types. The receptionist, however, is currently >used seeing a backlit display - with buttons - attached to >her phone - showing all the extensions in the office, and >who's has a conversation going etc. We believe that >autoattendant should only be used after hours ;). >Question: How do I drive - acquire such panels with >asterisk? What are they called? >This much I can answer: a Digital Station Selector (DSS) is what you're talking about.>who makes em? I have seen >Monastery, but that may be too cumbersome an interface for >the relatively high call volume. >I hope I explained what I am looking for. > >As far as I know, you're on your own. I've thought about a Java applet that acted as a DSS... it would be really simple w/ the manager interface. Look at astman (and the Wiki) for details. Nick
Willy wrote to the Asterisk users list:> I am thinking about fork-lift-upgrading a > Nortel-Meridian key system... > The receptionist, however, is currently used seeing a > backlit display - with buttons - attached to her phone - > showing all the extensions in the office, and who's has > a conversation going etc....Take a look at the new SNOM 220 (http://www.snom.com/snom220_en.php) with the Key Expansion Module. You can have up 60 extensions represented on dedicated keys. Unfortunately the phones will not be shipping for at least another month or two. Which also means we haven't had a chance to try them out with Aseterisk yet. We've got one on order and will let the list know more about how it works with Asterisk as soon as we can. If you're in Canada we'd be happy to sell you one. If you're in the US, you can contact SNOM's US distributor (Kevin Moroz, kmoroz@abpintl.com) for information. g.
Thanks for the plug :) Just so everyone knows the direction this project is heading, after we finish the callerID popup and voicemail indicator features on astguiclient we plan on building a receptionist module to go with the suite. it's probably a month away barring any more catastrophies(like our power pole nearly burning down). MATT--- -----Original Message----- From: Fran Boon [mailto:flavour@partyvibe.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 2:34 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] SIP - Receptionist On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 23:19, willy@yponeinc.com wrote:> Monastery is neat as a monitoring tool. The console's we're > talking about also let the user pick-up calls etc.Try this: http://astguiclient.sf.net/ F _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users