[Asterisk-Users] Eezee phone?

[Greg Boehnlein]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT) wrote:

> I would like clarify a few things for the record about eezeephone which
> is a rebranded version of ATCOM IP Phone, based on the PA1688 Chip.
> 
> Netweb Group, Inc is the sole distributor for USA and Canada. Eezeephone
> is the OEM Version sold in US market. The URL for this phone is
> http://ipphone.eezeephone.com
> 
> The Information on WIKI Pages is not all facts. Most of it is fiction or
> at most factually incorrect. I feel sorry that Wiki continues to
> maintain this information.

Don't complain about it, change it. If it is untrue, then edit it. That is 
the point of the wiki. Setup an account, and make sure the information is 
correct.
 
> Wiki: Grandstreams are sometimes cheaper, I've seen them for about 55
> US$ 
> 
> Ans: I have not seen any of them being sold at that price. Can Wiki name
> a reseller   who was selling it for $55.00, at the time? Grandstream has
> SIP but eezeephone has all the protocols you one needs. Let us not
> compare apples and oranges.
> Obviously this guy loves Grandstream, for all its button freezes and
> resets required every hour.
> 
> Wiki: There is no Early-Dial function, you always have to press the
> "Call" button after a number. However, this button is rather small 
> Ans: # is used for early dial determination. No need to press "Call".
> Timeout works to place the call.
> 
> Wiki: at the top of the phone are 10 speed dial buttons. Even with my
> little finger I cannot press only one of them, I always press two or
> more.
> 
> Ans: I use thumb and other sloppy fingers, But I have never pressed two
> buttons at once on this phone, even when I wanted to.
>  
> Wiki: the configuration page is rather crowded and sparse, it was not
> easy to setup the phone with Asterisk and SIP 
> 
> Ans: This is completely false. If you have seen Grandstream
> configuration and this one, you will know the difference. This (PA168X )
> is much more user friendly.
> 
> Wiki: the web configuration of the phone is not user friendly. When you
> change the config from SIP to MGCP, you have to manually change some
> ports from 5060 to 2427. 
> the web config page doesn't rememeber the activation of daylight savings
> time and register-ttl 
> 
> Ans: Remember that this Phone has 2~n-1 combinations possible. 5
> Protocols X 64 Options X 90 Variations. Can you really program that on a
> single web page?
> 
> the manual comes only as a WinWord *.doc file, not a *.pdf. The pictures
> in it are all displaced, even when you look at it with an Original
> WinWord and not with OpenOffice. You can find better documentation on
> the web site of the Chip (not phone) manufacturer. 
> 
> Agreed. This is not the prettiest.
> 
> Wiki: the phone can download its firmware only via FTP on Request. If
> you would have 50 of them, then you would have to go into the web page
> each, login, and select the Software upgrade option ... 
> 
> Ans: PA1688 Group is upgrading this to a TFTPable service setting on the
> Phone. But even now you can do it using the PALMTOOL available from
> PA1688 Group as well as from the manufacturer.
> 
> Wiki: there are lots of useless buttons
> Ans: Those buttons serve an important function. They Call out your
> configurations - Client IP, Serevr IP, Gateway Address etc in IVR.
>  
> Wiki: the phone is rather slow. When you put "qualify=yes" into your
> sip.conf, you can see that the "sip-level ping" from Asterisk to the
> phone in your network is 55ms. It is 3ms to a Grandstream. Also, you
> notice the slowless when you call the Echo application
> 
> Ans: Do you know what is the purpose of Qualify=Yes and what the default
> value should be?If It is 3ms for Grandstream, it means it is not
> working. On this PA1688 phone it works and 55ms is a great timing for
> QOS.

Again, you can post that here, but if you don't edit the Wiki yourself and 
put correct, factual information in it, these same issues will continue to 
propogate themselves.

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