[asterisk-users] How to use Grandstream GX-2000 phones for paging

[Nic Bellamy]

Zeeshan Zakaria wrote:

> My client has all Grandstream GX-2000 phones in his office and he 
> wants receptionist to use them for paging as well. Currently they are 
> using Nortel and receptionist can easily do paging. He said that he 
> had somebody setup their old Asterisk system in a way, that 
> receptionist could dial an extension, after which her voice was heard 
> on all grandstream phones' speaker phones.
>  
> I want to know how to setup this type of feature on grandstream 
> phones, i.e. dialing an extension will activate all phones' speaker 
> phones.

http://www.grandstream.com/FAQ/Asterisk.htm

There's a PDF there that tells you (a) what settings to put on the 
phone, and (b) how to configure Asterisk to sent the SIP header that 
tells the phone to auto-answer.

Cheers,
    Nic.

-- 
Nic Bellamy,
Head Of Engineering, Vadacom Ltd - http://www.vadacom.co.nz/