[Asterisk-Users] Polycom 600 Ring-Answer (but not ring!)

[Kristian Kielhofner]

Billy Dunn wrote:
> I have a bunch of Polycom Soundpoint 600 phones and they are working 
> great.  The only thing I can't seem to get them to do is to ring-answer 
> without the ring.
> 
> This is what I have in my sip.cfg file on the boot server:
> 
> <alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.value="RA" 
> voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class="4"/>
> <alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.3.value="RANR" 
> voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.3.class="5"/>
> 
> <RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name="Ring Answer" se.rt.4.type="ring-answer" 
> se.rt.4.timeout="2000" se.rt.
> 4.ringer="2" se.rt.4.callWait="6" se.rt.4.mod="1"/>
> <RING_ANSWER_NR se.rt.5.name="Ring Answer NR" se.rt.5.type="answer" 
> se.rt.5.timeout="1" se.rt.5.
> ringer="1" se.rt.5.callWait="6" se.rt.5.mod="1"/>
> 
> This is what I have in my extensions.conf file:
> 
> ; bdunn's Office Extension AUTO ANSWER - WITH RING
>    exten => 83004,1,SetVar(ALERT_INFO="RA")
>    exten => 83004,2,Macro(stdexten,3004,${BDUNNOFFICE})
> ; bdunn's Office Extension AUTO ANSWER - NO RING
>    exten => 93004,1,SetVar(ALERT_INFO="RANR")
>    exten => 93004,2,Macro(stdexten,3004,${BDUNNOFFICE})
> 
> This does most of what I need - 93004 answers to speakerphone 
> automatically, but there is a ring (a very short ring).  Dialing 83004 
> gives a moderate length ring and answers as expected.  I'd really like 
> to do it without the ring if possible.
> 
> If there are any Polycom pros out there, I could use some help.  I have 
> already checked out this: 
> http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Polycom%20auto-answer%20config#comments 
> 
> 
> Thanks.

My Polycom configs at:

  http://www.krisk.org/asterisk/pcom/

will do what you are looking for.  Set your ALERT_INFO variable to equal 
"AA" (Auto Answer) and the phone will go right to speaker phone mode, no 
ring.

-- 
Kristian Kielhofner