[asterisk-users] USB Cordless

[Anthony Francis]

Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Jeremy Mann wrote:
>
>   
>> Does anyone know if X-Ten or SJPhone support multiple cordless handsets 
>> for multiple lines?  I have an office with multiple roaming 
>> users(nurses) that are in and out.  I'd like to provide them telephones, 
>> and my idea is to have a PC sitting in a corner somewhere running a 
>> softphone client.  When a nurse comes in she just picks up any available 
>> handset(anywhere from 2-5 per office) and starts calling.  Each handset 
>> would be labeled with their extension so that if any inbound calls came 
>> to them they'd be able to let the receptionist know their extension.
>>     
>
>   
>> Any ideas?
>>     
>
> You might get away with running multiple copies of the soft-phone, telling 
> each copy which USB sound device to use (and a different local port, 
> probably)
>
> But since you'll then have 2-5 base stations, why don't you just get 2-5 
> SIP DECT phones + base stations such as the Siemens C460IP? then you can 
> do-away with the PC altogether, and with clever dial-plan programming, 
> each nurse could grab a phone, "log on" to the system, entering their real 
> extension number via some star code on the phone they've just picked up, 
> which the system then directs to the phone they are carrying.
>
> So each nurse gets their own real extension and each phone also has a real 
> extension number, and they keep it all the time, and just tell the system 
> which phone they are on. Sort of like a divert which you initiate from the 
> remote phone rather than your normal desk phone, or a follow-me type of 
> application.
>
> I implement this so that people can work anywhere where there is a phone 
> connected to the system - they pick up a handset, key in the star code, 
> then their voicemail PIN, then all calls to their own extension are 
> diverted to the extension of the phone in their hand. They don't even need 
> to know the extension number of the phone they are holding. Great for 
> hot-desking.
>
>   
>> Also, is it possible to transfer a call directly to someone's VM(if they 
>> are out of the office) bypassing their extension?  If so, could someone 
>> post the asterisk logic behind the extension setup?  I don't want 
>> anything too complex(like setting the DND or phone to busy).
>>     
>
> Have the Dial instruction with a time-out, followed by a call to 
> Voicemail. Or implement a code that the extension user can key in to 
> activate a permenent divert to VM which is then checked in the dial-plan.
>
> So at it's simplest, go to VM after 15 seconds:
>
>    exten => 123,1,Dial(SIP/123,15)
>    exten => 123,n,Voicemail(123,us)
>
> To get the effect you're after, assimng some receptionist knows the 
> otherperson is out of the office, then you might want to add an extra 
> digit to the dialplan to immediately sent to VM, so:
>
>    exten => 123#,1,Voicemail(123,us)
>
> and the operator would transfer the caller to 123# ...
>
> (make sure the operators phone can dial a trailing #!)
>
> Gordon
>
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So thats 2 votes for SIP-DECT :)