[Asterisk-Users] SIP vs SCCP vs XML

[Jared Smith]

Checkout the "dialplan.xml" file...

Jared Smith

On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 16:45, Ray Burkholder wrote:
> > 
> > No, this is not the case currently with any of the Cisco SIP software 
> > loads that I am aware of.  If you find this to be incorrect, please 
> > let the list know.  Cisco has not deployed much of the featureset in 
> > their SCCP phones (such as paging/intercom) into the SIP phones due 
> > to lack of standards/interest/political capital.
> > 
> > JT
> 
> 
> Ok, after further research in the 7960 administrators guide for SIP 5.1
> (current is 5.3 and probably not changed much), they do state that
> support is not provided for CiscoIPPhoneExecute in the current SIP load,
> which is needed to make streaming channel 1 work.  Bummer.
> 
> So, in looking around at HotDispatch.com, I see a number of companies
> charging outrageous dollars for their own SCCP versions of a softphone.
> 
> Also, a while back, for $1000, a person could join Cisco's developer
> program and gain access to SCCP docs.  Perhaps an Asterisk group member
> has the funds available to attempt joining?  Then we could finish up on
> some of the aborted attempts at SCCP integration, if the license
> agreement allows this sort of development.
> 
> Perhaps, through a little creativity, it might be possible to use a SCCP
> 796x phone and not worry about SCCP.  With XML, screens could be
> programmed to send responses back to *.  Then * could drive streaming
> channel 1 directly and simulate the phone call.  So, on a SCCP phone,
> you don't use SCCP, nor SIP.  You use XML.  Would that work?  Hopefully
> soft button presses don't interfere with the streaming media.
> 
> Oh, and if it does work, then you can use multicasting to intercom a
> number of phones simultaneously.
> 
> The thing I miss on SIP phones that was available on the Callmanager
> version of 796x, is the ability to go off hook, dial some numbers, and
> callmanager automatically dials the call.  The SIP version requires you
> to go off hook, dial the digits, then press dial.  Any way around this
> for 4, 7, 10 or 11 digit dialling?
> 
> Ray Burkholder
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