Do the Polycom IP phones have some programmability so you can do some programmable phone buttons like you can on the Cisco phones? If there is programmability, such as for soft-keys and the like, how would you rate Polycom's vs Cisco's capabilities? And where can one find the programming documentation? Thanx. Ray. -- Scanned for viruses and dangerous content at http://www.oneunified.net and is believed to be clean.
Polycom IP 600's are fully programmable, much more so than the Cisco phones. Yes, you can program the phone buttons. That and just about everything else you can imagine is programmable via xml configuration files. Goto http://www.polycom.com/common/pw_item_show_doc/0,1276,2545,00.pdf for the admin guide and you can see for yourself how great the difference is. John P.S. Here's the wiki: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Polycom+Phones Ray Burkholder wrote:> Do the Polycom IP phones have some programmability so you can do some > programmable phone buttons like you can on the Cisco phones? > > If there is programmability, such as for soft-keys and the like, how > would you rate Polycom's vs Cisco's capabilities? And where can one > find the programming documentation? > > Thanx. > > Ray. > >
Polycoms do have programmable softkeys as well as several other programmable features. They don't however have expandable button modules like the Ciscos do to add extra physical buttons to push. Their big strengths are that they are wonderful for conference rooms and for use as a speakerphone and they cost much less than a comparable Cisco phone. To look into how you can program them, take a look at the wiki: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Polycom+Phones