Re: DECT phones for use with Asterisk PBX

["Martyn Wendon" <martynwendon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah that's another feature that would be fantastic too, especially if
it
drew the info from the Asterisk phone book.  A bit like my Bluetooth car
kit
that downloads the phone book from my phone each time it connects.

Martyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 5:24 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] DECT phones for use with Asterisk PBX


> I've been thinking about this for a couple of years - but one of the
> biggest features I'd want is a central, scrollable phone book i.e. no
> copying lists between phones as this never gets done! Any of these IP
> phones support that kind of functionality yet?
>
> Paul.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Martyn Wendon
>> Sent: 09 November 2007 16:52
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] DECT phones for use with Asterisk PBX
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>> Yeah I looked at a few of the stand-alone SIP phones but most were
>> locked to
>> a specific provider and were a bit pricey.
>>
>> I think a standard DECT phone is the way to go hooked up to an FXS
port
>> on
>> the Asterisk machine.  That way I can have Asterisk be in total
control
>> of
>> what each extension is able to do and do fancy stuff like least
cost
>> routing
>> etc.
>>
>> But with the myriad of DECT phones available I'm hoping to get
some
>> advise
>> from others who have been down the same route, especially with
regards
>> to
>> things like CID and call waiting etc.
>>
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>>
>> Martyn
>>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Stuart Poulton" <stuart.poulton@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 4:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] DECT phones for use with Asterisk PBX
>>
>>
>> > Martyn,
>> >
>> > I've been considering looking at
>> >
>> > http://www.tesco.com/internetphone/family/product2.html
>> >
>> > From what I can tell it's a Siemens S450IP phone, which has
the
>> > following feature list
>> >
>> >     * Can make calls over VoIP (SIP) or a normal telephone
line
>> >     * Can make two SIP calls and one PSTN call simultaneously
>> >     * Use like a normal DECT cordless phone
>> >     * Illuminated colour display with icon-based menu
>> >     * Register up to 5 additional handsets
>> >     * Handsfree speakerphone built into handset
>> >     * Features 5 polyphonic ring tones and 10 melodies
>> >     * Phone book for up to 150 numbers and names with
birthday
>> > notification
>> >
>> > With the Ethernet connectivity no need to convert using an
FXS, the
>> > only concern of course is that the phone from Tesco is locked
to
>> > they're VOIP service.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Stuart
>> >
>> > On 9 Nov 2007, at 16:23, Martyn Wendon wrote:
>> >
>> >> Anybody have any recommendations for DECT phones to be
used with an
>> >> Asterisk
>> >> PBX?
>> >>
>> >> I'm planning on using single DECT handsets & base
stations in each
>> >> room (8
>> >> in total) so that they can each be seen as an individual
extension
>> in
>> >> Asterisk.  Each handset will be connected to an FXS port
on the
>> >> Asterisk
>> >> machine.
>> >>
>> >> Is anybody using a similar setup and has stuff like
Caller ID, Call
>> >> Waiting
>> >> Caller ID, Message Indicator, SMS, etc working on their
DECT phones?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> TIA,
>> >>
>> >> Martyn
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