[Asterisk-Users] SIP lobby phone

[Steve Maroney]

The GrandStream phone does support that feature. I dont think that Early
Dial is exactly that. Early Dial is some other feature. The BudgeTone 102
will work just fine.

Thank you,
Steve Maroney

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Bill Seddon wrote:

> Looking in the draft handbook I can see there is an example in the sample
> zapata.conf showing how to setup an fxs channel to behave as a lobby phone
> (the attached phone rings an operator as soon as the phone is lifted
> off-hook).
>
> There seems to be no equivalent SIP option presumably because a siphone has
> to initiate the call.  So can anyone recommend a hardware sipphone that can
> be programmed to call an extension when it is lifted off-hook?
>
> I can see that the Grandstream Budgetone supports "Early dial" but it
> appears that the user still has to send at least one character.
>
> We could, of course, go and buy an fxs port for asterisk to solve the issue
> but since we use sip/iax for our telephony needs currently, that seems a
> retrograde step.
>
> Any insights welcome
>
> Bill Seddon
>
>
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