[Asterisk-Users] SIP Phones-Receptionist Setup

[David Mallwitz]

Bob Goddard wrote:
>>Not all over $500 - a quick search finds:
>>
>>http://www.xenarcdirect.com/search_results.asp?txtsearchParamCat=6&txtsearc
>>hParamType=ALL&txtsearchParamMan=ALL&txtsearchParamVen=ALL&iLevel=1
>>
>> Product ID: 700TS    Category: 7" LCD Monitor
>>700TS - 7' USB Touch Screen LCD Monitor with VGA input
>>Description: 4-wire Resistive Touch Screen (USB); VGA Input × 1; Supports
>>640 x 480 ~ 1600 x 1200 display resolution; For PC, Server, GPS, and
>>Standard VGA Use; On Screen Display Control; Available in Silver or Black
>>Price:  $429.00
> 
> 
> That is still too dear.
> 
> http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=9#p503


	I bought one of these Xenarc displays last year for a different devel 
project. If you turned it sideways and placed it next to the phone you 
would have a device that looks very similar to the Cisco 7914. There are 
some drawbacks to the display - the power supply connector is not well 
placed, and it only runs at 18 bit color depth, but it performed very 
well as a touchscreen monitor. I saw the option for a Xenarc driver in 
the last kernel compile I did, but haven't had a chance to check it out 
yet.
	There could be a couple of interesting uses for this as a receptionist 
device in addition to routing phone calls - monitoring security cameras, 
automated alert systems, setting up conferences... Basically, you'd need 
to create a hard phone with a vga output and a usb input using a cpu 
powerful enough to drive a display. Something like this: 
http://www.applieddata.net/products_bitsyX.asp , maybe. Set up a manager 
account for the whole thing... You know, this looks do-able. If anyone 
wants to take a run at it, I'm in.

Dave