asterisk users - Mar 2011 - Cisco IP Phones and Asterisk

Hello;

I need to use Cisco IP Phones with Asterisk and I have some questions to know
how to use it if someone can advise:

1) How I can assign for each button an extension?
2) How I can assign for specific button a feature to be used (like call forward
or call pickup .. etc)?
3) As you know that it is required to have a correct username and password to
login, so where to give the username and password in the Cisco IP Phone to be
able to login for the SIP account?

Regards
Bilal

The answer to all of your questions are the same - the config file that you
create for your phone.

Thanks,
--Warren Selby, dCAP

On Mar 29, 2011, at 5:16 PM, bilal ghayyad <bilmar_gh at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello;
> 
> I need to use Cisco IP Phones with Asterisk and I have some questions to
know how to use it if someone can advise:
> 
> 1) How I can assign for each button an extension?
> 2) How I can assign for specific button a feature to be used (like call
forward or call pickup .. etc)?
> 3) As you know that it is required to have a correct username and password
to login, so where to give the username and password in the Cisco IP Phone to be
able to login for the SIP account?
> 
> Regards
> Bilal
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Good morning,

from the last question i assume you're looking for a SIP-based 
configureation.

On 03-30-2011 00:16, bilal ghayyad wrote:
> 1) How I can assign for each button an extension?
 >
you can configure them as lines (at least in my 7940).  look for 
linex_name, linex_authname and linex_password settings in the config file.
> 2) How I can assign for specific button a feature to be used (like call
forward or call pickup .. etc)?
AFAIK you can't reprogram the softkeys.  There are two buttons which you 
can use for programming (well, sort of).  You can define the mailbox 
extension which can be any extension.  You can write a dial plan for a 
specific function and then use it as "voicemail".

The other button is the service button which can be programmed to access 
any HTTP url.  I'm using mine to switch my desk lamp on or off.
> 3) As you know that it is required to have a correct username and password
to login, so where to give the username and password in the Cisco IP Phone to be
able to login for the SIP account?
same as 1)

rgds
a.

Kindly find below my notes preceded by ( * ). 
> Good morning,
> 
> from the last question i assume you're looking for a
> SIP-based 
> configureation.
> 
> On 03-30-2011 00:16, bilal ghayyad wrote:
> 
> > 1) How I can assign for each button an extension?
>  >
> you can configure them as lines (at least in my
> 7940).? look for 
> linex_name, linex_authname and linex_password settings in
> the config file.
* So I will need to have a TFTP server to place the configuration file on it and
to be downloaded when the Phone is booting?

I can not do the configuration from the web based of the Phone?
> > 2) How I can assign for specific button a feature to
> be used (like call forward or call pickup .. etc)?
> AFAIK you can't reprogram the softkeys.? There are two
> buttons which you 
> can use for programming (well, sort of).? You can
> define the mailbox 
> extension which can be any extension.? You can write a
> dial plan for a 
> specific function and then use it as "voicemail".
> 
> The other button is the service button which can be
> programmed to access 
> any HTTP url.? I'm using mine to switch my desk lamp
> on or off.
* Can I understand that working with Asterisk does not give a chance to have IP
Phones with featues assigned on the buttons, so the only way to use the features
is to be by access code and can not be by button? No way to assign the access
code to the button?

Regards
Bilal

On 03-31-2011 01:10, bilal ghayyad wrote:
> I can not do the configuration from the web based of the Phone?
>
it depends on the model.  7912 has a web ui, 79[46]0 does not.
> * Can I understand that working with Asterisk does not give a chance to
have
 >IP Phones with featues assigned on the buttons, so the only way to use 
the
 >features is to be by access code and can not be by button? No way to 
assign the access code to the button?
>
basically yes, but again, it depends on model and firmware.