[Asterisk-Users] Polycom IP 500 Voicemail

[John Baker]

My Polycom Message button goes straight to voicemail.  Here's how:

1) Use the latest firmware, available on the Wiki

2) In your phone.cfg file (for each phone) set

<msg msg.bypassInstantMessage="1">
<mwi msg.mwi.1.subscribe="" msg.mwi.1.callBackMode="contact" 
msg.mwi.1.callBack="76" .... >

3) In your extensions.conf, have something like:

exten => 76,1,VoiceMailMain2(${EXTEN}@whatever_you_have_here)

(Let's assume your voice mailbox is the same as your extension)

Then when you push the message button, asterisk will ask for your 
password!  You're in!

John


Chris A. Icide wrote:
> On 04:28 PM 7/19/2004, Wiley E. Siler wrote:
>  >Mine does the same.  Once in Message center I can choose selection
>  >1.Message Center and then soft key Select.    Then I select the
>  >registered line that I want to check voice mail on. That is no less than
>  >4 key strokes just to get into your voice mail.  Not many to me but tons
>  >to an unskilled user.  However, in the documentation regarding the
>  >bypassInstantMessage value, supposedly, setting bypassInstantMessage to
>  >1 is supposed to allow you to go right into voice mail without
>  >navigating the Message Center.  That is the big question on my mind at
>  >this point.  I have yet to get this to work and I also don't think I am
>  >receiving any SIMPLE messages ti show me that I have messages waiting.
>  >
>  >Do you get a message waiting indicator?
>  >
> 
> I do get MWI, there are a few things you need to set, and I forget what 
> off the top of my head, soon as I can look and post it here.
> 
> I haven't tried the bypassInstantMessage value, but I'll take a look and 
> see if I can get it to work.
> 
> -Chris
> 
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