asterisk users - Dec 2005 - New voicemail alert options for Cisco 7960 SIP phones

I'm looking for ideas on how to implement voicemail notification on 
Cisco 7960 SIP phones. Something like a light on the legacy pbx-phone 
would be perfect. Even maybe go so far as a quick ring to the extension 
every 15 minutes or so, but then that would increment the on-screen 
missed call count. How about a debug-test call where we telnet into the 
users phones, open a test call on speakerphone back to some extension 
which simply plays a soundfile like "You've got mail".

Any suggestions? Is there any simple way to check the voicemail 
application to see which mailboxes have new messages waiting? Is there 
simple way to notify users on phones like the Ciscos ?

Thanks
Tim

I just converted 5 7960's to the latest SIP firmware, used the Cisco example
configuration files, and nothing custom within Asterisk and  my message
lights work fine.

Kerry Garrison
Publisher - GeekGazette.com - VOIPSpek.net
(949) 502-7819 x200 - kerryg@techdatapros.com
http://www.techdatapros.com 
 

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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New voicemail alert options for Cisco 7960
SIPphones

    I'm looking for ideas on how to implement voicemail notification on
Cisco 7960 SIP phones. Something like a light on the legacy pbx-phone would
be perfect. Even maybe go so far as a quick ring to the extension every 15
minutes or so, but then that would increment the on-screen missed call
count. How about a debug-test call where we telnet into the users phones,
open a test call on speakerphone back to some extension which simply plays a
soundfile like "You've got mail".

Any suggestions? Is there any simple way to check the voicemail application
to see which mailboxes have new messages waiting? Is there simple way to
notify users on phones like the Ciscos ?

Thanks
Tim

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In sip.conf make sure that the account for the cisco phone has
mailbox=mbnumber@context set

On 12/18/05, Tim Connolly <tim@timsnet.com> wrote:
>     I'm looking for ideas on how to implement voicemail notification on
> Cisco 7960 SIP phones. Something like a light on the legacy pbx-phone
> would be perfect. Even maybe go so far as a quick ring to the extension
> every 15 minutes or so, but then that would increment the on-screen
> missed call count. How about a debug-test call where we telnet into the
> users phones, open a test call on speakerphone back to some extension
> which simply plays a soundfile like "You've got mail".
>
> Any suggestions? Is there any simple way to check the voicemail
> application to see which mailboxes have new messages waiting? Is there
> simple way to notify users on phones like the Ciscos ?
>
> Thanks
> Tim
>
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Tim Connolly <tim@timsnet.com> uttered the following
thing:
>    I'm looking for ideas on how to implement voicemail notification on 
> Cisco 7960 SIP phones. Something like a light on the legacy pbx-phone 
> would be perfect. Even maybe go so far as a quick ring to the extension 
> every 15 minutes or so, but then that would increment the on-screen 
> missed call count. How about a debug-test call where we telnet into the 
> users phones, open a test call on speakerphone back to some extension 
> which simply plays a soundfile like "You've got mail".
It's already got a message-waiting light which Asterisk fully supports. 
Just make sure you've got a line of the form
"mailbox=<blah>" in the
sip.conf file for the phone.

Then you can also program the 'message' button to go to your
voicemail check number.

Any new messages in that voicemailbox will cause the light to come on
(and automatically extinguish once checked).

BB