[Asterisk-Users] Re: passing through MWI info from SBC

[Mike Myers]

Well, it looks like there is no way for Asterisk to
read the MWI fsk tones from the PSTN at this time. 
Sigh...  Anyways, I am going to get a couple outboard
boxes with MWI indicators on them, and see if my wife
can deal with that to tell if a message is waiting
instead of the MWI on the handset.  Does anyone here
have some recommendations for such devices, preferably
with large MWI's?  I have plenty of CAT5 jacks in the
house, so running an analog signal around next to the
ethernet that feeds the VOIP phones is easy.

I have seen some caller-ID products that have this,
but it's a pretty small MWI on the ones I have looked
at.  I'd like something like the MWI that's on the
existing Nortel ventures - big, bright flashing red if
lit.  :-)

Thanks,
Mike


--- John Novack <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org> wrote:

> Mike Myers wrote:
> 
> >John Novack wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Mike Myers wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >  
> >
> >>>Hi..  I am about to replace my aging Nortel
> Venture
> >>>system with an Asterisk system and 6 Polycom IP
> 501
> >>>phones, and a couple sipura 841's for less used
> >>>      
> >>>
> >areas.
> >  
> >
> >>>We have 3 phone lines here.  One is SBC, one
> Vonage,
> >>>and one Voipjet...  One hangup is that I can't
> >>>      
> >>>
> >figure
> >  
> >
> >>>out how to pass through a voicemail waiting
> >>>      
> >>>
> >indication
> >  
> >
> >>>from SBC.  This is important because my wife and
> her
> >>    
> >>
> >>>family all exchange voicemails with each other on
> >>>      
> >>>
> >the
> >  
> >
> >>>SBC voicemail system.  They can leave messages
> for
> >>>each other without having the phones ring, etc...
> 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >We
> >  
> >
> >>>have a 2 yr old at home, and her sister has some
> >>>      
> >>>
> >small
> >  
> >
> >>>kids too, so that's how they manage to send
> >>>      
> >>>
> >voicemails
> >  
> >
> >>>when they are unsure if the kids are sleeping,
> >>>      
> >>>
> >etc... 
> >  
> >
> >>>Anyway, preserving this capability of using the
> SBC
> >>>      
> >>>
> >VM
> >  
> >
> >>>and being notified when a message is waiting is
> >>>critical for good WAF.  
> >>>
> >>>The vonage line and voipjet line can be
> intergrated
> >>>into the Asterisk VM.  My Nortel venture phones
> >>>      
> >>>
> >light
> >  
> >
> >>>the MWI if any line has VM on it, and the display
> >>>tells you which lines have VM waiting.  I would
> love
> >>>to be able to duplicate this function on the
> >>>      
> >>>
> >Polycom's
> >  
> >
> >>>and hopefully the Sipura's as well.
> >>>
> >>>I've looked for answers on this, but haven't
> found
> >>>one, hence the post.  My apologies if I have
> missed
> >>>something.  
> >>>
> >>>Thanks much,
> >>>Mike
> >>>      
> >>>
> >> 
> >>
> >>You haven't missed much.
> >>With SBC you are out of luck, since Asterisk
> doesn't
> >>detect dialtone  ( 
> >>it dials blind, sometimes too quickly for the CO
> to
> >>catch the first 
> >>digit, resulting in wrong numbers )) or stutter
> >>dialtone either, and 
> >>reportedly has had any indication of the DC status
> of
> >>    
> >>
> >a POTS line 
> >  
> >
> >>removed due to problems.
> >>    
> >>
> > 
> >  
> >



		
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