asterisk users - Nov 2005 - Send text to Cisco 7960?

Does anyone know of a way to send arbitrary text to the display of a
Cisco 7960 phone?  The idea is to pass along CallerID or some other
information without actually ringing the phone.  I would like for it
to appear on the main screen, and not on any others such as Settings
or Services.  I've played around with the telnet interface and can
send digits in the test mode, and I think the SCCP firmware supports
XML push, but I need SIP.

On an unrelated note, does any 7960 SIP firmware have the ability to
move the Blind Xfer button to the top-level of the soft-buttons
instead of buried one level deep... or to pull the speed dial lines
from a config file?

Thanks in advance,

Barton

> Does anyone know of a way to send arbitrary text to the display of a
> Cisco 7960 phone?  The idea is to pass along CallerID or some other
> information without actually ringing the phone.  I would like for it
> to appear on the main screen, and not on any others such as Settings
> or Services.  I've played around with the telnet interface and can
> send digits in the test mode, and I think the SCCP firmware supports
> XML push, but I need SIP.
The sip version does not support any push stuff.
> On an unrelated note, does any 7960 SIP firmware have the ability to
> move the Blind Xfer button to the top-level of the soft-buttons
> instead of buried one level deep... or to pull the speed dial lines
> from a config file?
No, they are all hard coded in the sip firmware.