asterisk users - Apr 2004 - CISCO 7940 and directory/services problem

I have quite successfully set up the Services button to work on the 7940
running SIP.
I have a metric-imperial converter, a foreign exchange rate calculator, a
calendar etc available to users.
The XML is really fussy though. 

Simon

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[mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Rich Adamson
Sent: Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:29
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] CISCO 7940 and directory/services problem

> I have been setting up a * system for my new office I plan to setup soon.
> I have some CISCO 7940 phones.  All appears to be going well in regard 
> to phone calls etc.  Still getting my head around extensions voice mail
etc.
> getting it to work with X100P cards etc.
> 
> I have been trying to implement the DIRECTORIES button, and play with 
> the services buttons.
> 
> Reading from the voip-info site, I have the info from that, however, 
> its not working.
> I am running firmware 6.3 on the phone.  Is there a possible change of 
> implementation? But usually backward compatibility would be covered.
> 
> I also tried pointing the Phone to the ones as listed on the voip-info
site.
> This kinda worked, but most pages don't and the phone just tries and 
> tries to get the page.
> If listing a directories page, it comes back with an error "CMXML
Error"
> 
> Any suggestions would help?
On your tftp server (that the Cisco phones boot from), you should have a file
called SIPDefault.cnf that inclues entries like:

directory_url: "http://www.myserver.com/asterisk/directory.html"     ;
URL fo
r external Directory location
logo_url: "http://www.myserver.com/asterisk/mylogo.bmp" ; URL for
branding
logo to be used on phone display

and a file like SIP<MyPhonesMAC>.cnf with an entry like:
messages_uri: "3123" 

The directory_url must point to a valid web page containing xml statements
like:
<CiscoIPPhoneDirectory>
<Title>IP Telephony Directory</Title>
<Prompt>People reachable via VoIP</Prompt> <DirectoryEntry>
<Name>Wife</Name>
<Telephone>3005</Telephone> </DirectoryEntry>
<DirectoryEntry>
<Name>GirlFriend</Name> <Telephone>3006</Telephone>
</DirectoryEntry>
</CiscoIPPhoneDirectory> 

Each time you press the C7940's "Directory" button and select
"External
Directory", the C7960 will read the above XML file and display the entries.

If you program the "messages_url:" entry as shown above, each time you
press
the "Messages" button on the phone, it will auto-dial x3123. 
Obviously, you need an entry in extensions.conf like:
 exten => 3123,1,VoicemailMain2(${CALLERIDNUM})
to instruct asterisk what to do when a phone dials x3123.

The "services" button on the Cisco "sip" phones cannot be
programmed as far
as I know. Not heard of anyone that has made it work unless the phone is
running Cisco's proprietary firmware (not sip).

Rich


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> I also tried pointing the Phone to the ones as listed on the
> voip-info site.
> This kinda worked, but most pages don't and the phone just
> tries and tries to get the page.
> If listing a directories page, it comes back with an error
> "CMXML Error"
>
> Any suggestions would help?
Telnet to the phones IP address.  The password is by default cisco, but
should be the same as to unlock the phones config options under the settings
menu.  Once inside the telnet session, do "debug http".  Now press the
directories button and watch the destination address, make sure this is
correct, and look for any errors in the data that comes from the
"directory"
page, it should be XML similar to the examples listed on voip-info.

-Brady

Here is a copy of one that works perfectly.

Simon
 

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[mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of James Gardiner
Sent: Friday, 2 April 2004 15:35
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] CISCO 7940 and directory/services problem


Thanks for the responses on this issue, however, it appears after more
testing, that my phone is working FINE with typical MENU type pages, however,
when going to a DIRECTORY type XML page, it has the error as below.

Has any one else here with firmware 6.3 on a 7940 been able to get the
Directories function to display properly?

Thanks,
James
 
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of James 
> Gardiner
> Sent: Thursday, 1 April 2004 10:43 PM
> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] CISCO 7940 and directory/services problem
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> I have been setting up a * system for my new office I plan to setup 
> soon.
> I have some CISCO 7940 phones.  All appears to be going well in regard 
> to phone calls etc.  Still getting my head around extensions voice 
> mail etc.
> getting it to work with X100P cards etc.
> 
> I have been trying to implement the DIRECTORIES button, and play with 
> the services buttons.
> 
> Reading from the voip-info site, I have the info from that, however, 
> its not working.
> I am running firmware 6.3 on the phone.  Is there a possible change of 
> implementation? But usually backward compatibility would be covered.
> 
> I also tried pointing the Phone to the ones as listed on the voip-info 
> site.
> This kinda worked, but most pages don't and the phone just tries and 
> tries to get the page.
> If listing a directories page, it comes back with an error "CMXML 
> Error"
> 
> Any suggestions would help?
> 
> Thanks,
> James Gardiner
> 
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I would like to call into my asterisk box and depends on extension, will call to
different ATA (which has different SIP addresses). ATA will ring FXSFXO port
converter and will allow me to dial a PSTN line that the FXSFXO porter converter
is hooked up to. The problem is DTMF detection for the relay dial usually fails,
both pcphoneline and FWD IPP. I have only tried with Sipura ATAs.
Have anyone use similar senerios and got this to work?  Using a different ATA? 
Or any product similar to FWD Internet Phone Patch or pcphoneline port converter
and works better?
 
Thanks
Ron
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Simon Brown wrote:
> I have quite successfully set up the Services button to work on the 7940
> running SIP.
> I have a metric-imperial converter, a foreign exchange rate calculator, a
> calendar etc available to users.
> The XML is really fussy though. 
Could you share these example applications?

Thanks,
Fran.