[Asterisk-Users] SIP lobby phone

[Jay Milk]

You could also do a Sipura which has "hotline" functionality.  Just set
up the dial-plan to automatically dial a number 1 second after pickup.
I'm pretty certain that other FXS adapters will support this
functionality as well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Seddon [mailto:bill.seddon at lyquidity.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 5:18 AM
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP lobby phone
> 
> 
> 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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