Bill Michaelson
2006-Feb-09 10:12 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] re: Polycom IP501 with Asterisk - distinctive ring
The answer is yes, I think, but I don't recall precisely how off the top of my head, and I'm walking out the door in a moment. The phone will hold more than a dozen distinct ring tones which you can create for yourself, and you can have asterisk direct it to use a ring tone independently of line appearance. The most direct way would be with the SIP Alert-Info field, but the phone itself can associate ring tones with specific callers from its contact directory too. Hopefully, someone will chime in with more precise (and helpful) detail before I return to the office, but I hope my reassurance is helpful anyway... Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:49:08 -0500 From: Andrew Kohlsmith <akohlsmith-asterisk@benshaw.com> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Polycom IP501 with Asterisk - distinctive ring? To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Message-ID: <200602091049.08777.akohlsmith-asterisk@benshaw.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The Polycom SoundPoint IP 501 phones have been fantastic so far. I still have a lot to learn when it comes to them, but the manual seems pretty extensive and so far Asterisk has been playing well with them. I have a need to be able to identify incoming calls based on some factor (could be time of day, caller ID, dialed number, it doesn't matter.) -- Assuming Asterisk can differentiate between the calls I want, how do I inform the IP501? There are "only" three line appearances -- I can't simply just ring a different appearance since there aren't enough of them. Is there a way to get Asterisk to tell the IP501 to use a different ring, put something up on the display, *something* on a dynamic basis? The wiki doesn't seem to have a lot of information about this kind of thing.