Greetings list, What are people's experiences with WiFi SIP phones? When I last looked into them about 18 months ago, they were incredibly expensive, had very limited range and poor battery life. In the end, it worked out much more cost effective to simply use ATAs + DECT cordless phones where there was a requirement for portable devices. I assume things must have moved on somewhat since then. What models are currently out there people would recommend I look at? Thanks in advance. Regards, Chris -- C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited For full contact details visit http://www.minotaur.it/chris.html This email is made from 100% recycled electrons
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 01:01:53 pm Chris Bagnall wrote:> Greetings list, > > What are people's experiences with WiFi SIP phones? > > When I last looked into them about 18 months ago, they were incredibly > expensive, had very limited range and poor battery life. In the end, it > worked out much more cost effective to simply use ATAs + DECT cordless > phones where there was a requirement for portable devices. > > I assume things must have moved on somewhat since then. What models are > currently out there people would recommend I look at? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > ChrisI'm using D-Link DPH-541 (g729) with asterisk 1.2.x without any problems. Battery life is poor but the range is acceptable. I tried also Zyxel WiFi SIP phone but I wasn't able to register to my pbx. It restarts everytime. Probably a firmware problem or something. Dominik Zalewski | System Administrator OpenCraft t- +2 02 336 0003 w- http://www.open-craft.com
I'd just like to say that I purchased a siemen S450IP recently and so far so good it's a nice handset and works better than previous wifi phones I've used. This is most likely due to it being dect gap where the base station handles the voip side and not the phone thus avoiding issues with 802.11 wireless and phone packets. Regards, Dee -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Chris Bagnall Sent: 23 May 2007 11:02 To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: [asterisk-users] WiFi SIP phones Greetings list, What are people's experiences with WiFi SIP phones? When I last looked into them about 18 months ago, they were incredibly expensive, had very limited range and poor battery life. In the end, it worked out much more cost effective to simply use ATAs + DECT cordless phones where there was a requirement for portable devices. I assume things must have moved on somewhat since then. What models are currently out there people would recommend I look at? Thanks in advance. Regards, Chris -- C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited For full contact details visit http://www.minotaur.it/chris.html This email is made from 100% recycled electrons _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/815 - Release Date: 22/05/2007 15:49 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/815 - Release Date: 22/05/2007 15:49
In all honesty, things have NOT moved very far since you last saw them. Battery life has, overall, gotten somewhat better. Range is still abominable in most of them, and they're not, as a general rule, all that easy to deal with. We've mucked about with the Linksys WIP3XX series, the UTStarCom F1000G, and F3000, and the Nokia WiFi-enabled GSM phones (E60, E61). Of those we've played with, the Nokias are by far the most reliable to connect and remain connected (but perhaps the most annoying to set up). For in-office stuff, you're still not liable to beat ATAs + DECT phones. Outside the office, it really doesn't hurt to try and consolidate your Mobile and SIP service in one of the Nokias that support it (granted, if you're in the US, you'll have to buy them elsewhere, as the US Mobile providers have done their best to avoid using any sort of WiFi-capable GSM phones in their networks (Nokia has, for instance, the E62 for the US Cingular/AT&T market which is, in every way, like the E61 except that it doesn't come with WiFi/SIP capability)). Some people swear by the UTStarCom phones, but we found their support to be incredibly substandard, their phone programming to be lacking in an understanding of the market, and their hardware to be flashy (in the case of the F3000), but troublesome with constant loss of connection and a difficulty to reestablish. The Linksys phones are, alas, just as annoying. It's kind of a shame, really. One would expect that to be a decent market -- IP phones that, you know, actually work well. But apparently, not so much. N. Chris Bagnall wrote:> Greetings list, > > What are people's experiences with WiFi SIP phones? > > When I last looked into them about 18 months ago, they were incredibly expensive, had very limited range and poor battery life. In the end, it worked out much more cost effective to simply use ATAs + DECT cordless phones where there was a requirement for portable devices. > > I assume things must have moved on somewhat since then. What models are currently out there people would recommend I look at? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > Chris >
I use the UTStarcom F3000. It's not the best phone but does the job. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Bagnall" <lists@minotaur.cc> To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'" <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:01 PM Subject: [asterisk-users] WiFi SIP phones Greetings list, What are people's experiences with WiFi SIP phones? When I last looked into them about 18 months ago, they were incredibly expensive, had very limited range and poor battery life. In the end, it worked out much more cost effective to simply use ATAs + DECT cordless phones where there was a requirement for portable devices. I assume things must have moved on somewhat since then. What models are currently out there people would recommend I look at? Thanks in advance. Regards, Chris -- C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited For full contact details visit http://www.minotaur.it/chris.html This email is made from 100% recycled electrons _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
On 5/24/07, Nitesh Divecha <nitesh@vipernetworks.com> wrote:> > Hello All, > > I have been looking for this solution for quite sometimes "Asterisk Time > Card System". I found some discussion from Digium forum but not quite > helpful.Hi what is the mean of time card system ? is this kind of attendent system ? kindly give some more details ram -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070524/cd42bbcb/attachment.htm
Has anyone installed Linux on your ABP phones, and got all functionality (including GSM and WiFi)? Will these phones work in the US (which radio frequency modes)? On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 00:49 -0700, asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com wrote:> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 00:10:23 -0500 > From: "Shanon Swafford" <listbox@swaffordfamily.com> > Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] WiFi SIP phones > To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'" > <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > Message-ID: <015801c79dc1$d6127010$6401a8c0@shanonlap> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > I work for ABP Technology and lurk on this list so I hope I'm not > breaking > any taboos... > > ABP is now carrying a dual GSM/Wifi phone. We tested 2 models, 1 had > Windows-CE on it. Some reason we only have the Non-CE version public > right > now. > > http://www.abptech.com/products/Pirelli/DPL10.html > <blocked::http://www.abptech.com/products/Pirelli/DPL10.html> > <blocked::http://var.abptech.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2041/.f?sc=2&category=31> > > VARs/Resellers/ITSPs/Consultants: > http://www.abptech.com/support/qa/index.php?target=become_reseller > <blocked::http://www.abptech.com/support/qa/index.php?target=become_reseller > > > > End Users go here and we'll help you find a place to buy one: > http://www.abptech.com/aboutus/find_reseller.php > > Shanon > ABP Technology >-- (C) Matthew Rubenstein
Thanks for your reply, The basic system would work as follows: - Method 1 ======An employee would call in to the system and a welcome message is prompted. After that a employee is asked to enter the employee ID and PIN number and once verified Employee ID, Caller ID, and time of day is stored into MySQL DB. By end of the day employee will call in again to logout from the system and same information is stored into the DB. Method 2 ======This time employee is verified with Caller ID, so the employee ID and PIN number is skipped and time of day is logged into the DB. Is it possible? Thanks, Nitesh ram wrote:> > > On 5/24/07, *Nitesh Divecha* <nitesh@vipernetworks.com > <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com>> wrote: > > Hello All, > > I have been looking for this solution for quite sometimes > "Asterisk Time > Card System". I found some discussion from Digium forum but not quite > helpful. > > > > Hi > > what is the mean of time card system ? > > is this kind of attendent system ? > > kindly give some more details > > ram > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
On Thu, 24 May 2007, Nitesh Divecha wrote:> I have been looking for this solution for quite sometimes "Asterisk Time > Card System". I found some discussion from Digium forum but not quite > helpful.Are you by chance referring to chipsets that provide hardware timing / Real-Time Clock functionality used by Asterisk? -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : +1-678-954-0670
This is all definitely possible by using Asterisk database interfaces, but I cannot find an existing implementation of something of this nature. It is an unusual and clever application of Asterisk. :-) -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : +1-678-954-0670
Quoting Alex Balashov <abalashov@evaristesys.com>:> On Thu, 24 May 2007, Nitesh Divecha wrote: > >> I have been looking for this solution for quite sometimes "Asterisk >> Time Card System". I found some discussion from Digium forum but >> not quite helpful. > > Are you by chance referring to chipsets that provide hardware timing > / Real-Time Clock functionality used by Asterisk?I think he means the prepaid phone card discussions> > -- > Alex Balashov > Evariste Systems > Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ > Tel : +1-678-954-0670 > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-usersJon Pounder _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ Inline Internet Systems Inc. Thorold, Ontario, Canada Tools to Power Your e-Business Solutions www.inline.net www.ihtml.com www.ihtmlmerchant.com www.opayc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
This can be accomplished by writing an IVR to prompt and then using AGI or dialplan commands the query strings can be executed. I have a setup like this for a inegrating a in house time keeping system with asterisk. On 5/24/07, Nitesh Divecha <nitesh@vipernetworks.com> wrote:> > Thanks for your reply, > > The basic system would work as follows: - > > Method 1 > ======> An employee would call in to the system and a welcome message is > prompted. After that a employee is asked to enter the employee ID and > PIN number and once verified Employee ID, Caller ID, and time of day is > stored into MySQL DB. By end of the day employee will call in again to > logout from the system and same information is stored into the DB. > > Method 2 > ======> This time employee is verified with Caller ID, so the employee ID and > PIN number is skipped and time of day is logged into the DB. > > Is it possible? > > Thanks, > Nitesh > > > > > > > > ram wrote: > > > > > > On 5/24/07, *Nitesh Divecha* <nitesh@vipernetworks.com > > <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com>> wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > > I have been looking for this solution for quite sometimes > > "Asterisk Time > > Card System". I found some discussion from Digium forum but not > quite > > helpful. > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > what is the mean of time card system ? > > > > is this kind of attendent system ? > > > > kindly give some more details > > > > ram > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-- Bruce Reeves Nortex Networks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070524/e8ff464d/attachment.htm
Thanks Bruce, If possible could you share your code...? I just need an idea how to integrate and store info in DB. Cheers, Nitesh Bruce Reeves wrote:> This can be accomplished by writing an IVR to prompt and then using > AGI or dialplan commands the query strings can be executed. I have a > setup like this for a inegrating a in house time keeping system with > asterisk. > > On 5/24/07, *Nitesh Divecha* <nitesh@vipernetworks.com > <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com>> wrote: > > Thanks for your reply, > > The basic system would work as follows: - > > Method 1 > ======> An employee would call in to the system and a welcome message is > prompted. After that a employee is asked to enter the employee ID and > PIN number and once verified Employee ID, Caller ID, and time of > day is > stored into MySQL DB. By end of the day employee will call in again to > logout from the system and same information is stored into the DB. > > Method 2 > ======> This time employee is verified with Caller ID, so the employee ID and > PIN number is skipped and time of day is logged into the DB. > > Is it possible? > > Thanks, > Nitesh > > > > > > > > ram wrote: > > > > > > On 5/24/07, *Nitesh Divecha* <nitesh@vipernetworks.com > <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com> > > <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com > <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com>>> wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > > I have been looking for this solution for quite sometimes > > "Asterisk Time > > Card System". I found some discussion from Digium forum but > not quite > > helpful. > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > what is the mean of time card system ? > > > > is this kind of attendent system ? > > > > kindly give some more details > > > > ram > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com > <http://Easynews.com> -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > <http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com > <http://Easynews.com> -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > -- > Bruce Reeves > Nortex Networks > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Hi, I think is it easily doable with an AGI script, but i am not sure if there is any builtin function to do it. So you might want to look into that (AGI script) Kido Nitesh Divecha a ?crit :> Thanks for your reply, > > The basic system would work as follows: - > > Method 1 > ======> An employee would call in to the system and a welcome message is > prompted. After that a employee is asked to enter the employee ID and > PIN number and once verified Employee ID, Caller ID, and time of day > is stored into MySQL DB. By end of the day employee will call in again > to logout from the system and same information is stored into the DB. > > Method 2 > ======> This time employee is verified with Caller ID, so the employee ID and > PIN number is skipped and time of day is logged into the DB. > > Is it possible? > > Thanks, > Nitesh > > > > > > > > ram wrote: >> >> >> On 5/24/07, *Nitesh Divecha* <nitesh@vipernetworks.com >> <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com>> wrote: >> >> Hello All, >> >> I have been looking for this solution for quite sometimes >> "Asterisk Time >> Card System". I found some discussion from Digium forum but not >> quite >> helpful. >> >> >> >> Hi >> >> what is the mean of time card system ? >> >> is this kind of attendent system ? >> >> kindly give some more details >> >> ram >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Something like this would be fairly easy to write, but it will cost you. :) Nitesh Divecha wrote:> Thanks Bruce, > > If possible could you share your code...? I just need an idea how to > integrate and store info in DB. > > Cheers, > Nitesh > > > > Bruce Reeves wrote: >> This can be accomplished by writing an IVR to prompt and then using >> AGI or dialplan commands the query strings can be executed. I have a >> setup like this for a inegrating a in house time keeping system with >> asterisk. >> >> On 5/24/07, *Nitesh Divecha* <nitesh@vipernetworks.com >> <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com>> wrote: >> >> Thanks for your reply, >> >> The basic system would work as follows: - >> >> Method 1 >> ======>> An employee would call in to the system and a welcome message is >> prompted. After that a employee is asked to enter the employee ID >> and >> PIN number and once verified Employee ID, Caller ID, and time of >> day is >> stored into MySQL DB. By end of the day employee will call in >> again to >> logout from the system and same information is stored into the DB. >> >> Method 2 >> ======>> This time employee is verified with Caller ID, so the employee ID >> and >> PIN number is skipped and time of day is logged into the DB. >> >> Is it possible? >> >> Thanks, >> Nitesh >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ram wrote: >> > >> > >> > On 5/24/07, *Nitesh Divecha* <nitesh@vipernetworks.com >> <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com> >> > <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com >> <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com>>> wrote: >> > >> > Hello All, >> > >> > I have been looking for this solution for quite sometimes >> > "Asterisk Time >> > Card System". I found some discussion from Digium forum but >> not quite >> > helpful. >> > >> > >> > >> > Hi >> > >> > what is the mean of time card system ? >> > >> > is this kind of attendent system ? >> > >> > kindly give some more details >> > >> > ram >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com >> <http://Easynews.com> -- >> > >> > asterisk-users mailing list >> > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> <http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com >> <http://Easynews.com> -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Bruce Reeves >> Nortex Networks >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
What does codec has to do...? I am using G729a.... Cheers, Nitesh ram wrote:> > > On 5/26/07, *Nitesh Divecha* <nitesh@vipernetworks.com > <mailto:nitesh@vipernetworks.com>> wrote: > > Thanks Shanon and everyones input... > > Finally, got the application working as planned with PHPAGI... > > Now the only draw back is the voice... I am using text2wav to > prompt all > the questions, but the voice is creepy... > > Is their any easier way to replace the text2wav voice with proper > recorded female voice? > > Please advice... > > > > what codec are you using > > ram > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
You could try, N80, N95 devices. It cost arround 300 dollars and works fine with SIP , Wifi and GSM. I have been trying for several weeks with Truphone, Gizmo, Asterisk and other providers my N80 IE, and it works perfectly Regarsd 2007/5/23, Chris Bagnall <lists@minotaur.cc>:> > Greetings list, > > What are people's experiences with WiFi SIP phones? > > When I last looked into them about 18 months ago, they were incredibly > expensive, had very limited range and poor battery life. In the end, it > worked out much more cost effective to simply use ATAs + DECT cordless > phones where there was a requirement for portable devices. > > I assume things must have moved on somewhat since then. What models are > currently out there people would recommend I look at? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > Chris > -- > C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited > For full contact details visit http://www.minotaur.it/chris.html > This email is made from 100% recycled electrons > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-- Alberto Sagredo R&D area Peoplecall Email : asagredo@peoplecall.com Blog: http://www.voipnovatos.es Office phone : +34 91 120 5080 Direct phone : +34 91 120 50 39 Peoplecall Network : 700 757 139 Fax number : +34 91 661 9460 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070606/a5fcf9e6/attachment.htm