[asterisk-users] Cisco 7961G + 7914 Expansion Module

[Jason Parker]

----- "Eric Lubow" <elubow at linkexperts.com> wrote:
> All,
> 
>    Since I have now (at least partially) got my 7961G phones working
> with Asterisk, I have temporarily moved on to try to get the
> expansion
> modules working.  There doesn't seem to be much in the way of
> documentation here either.  Does anyone have this combination working
> (or any 79X1) here?
> 
>    My goal is ultimately to do the monitoring approach.  I have
> Google'd
> around, but come up with little.  I want the office manager to be
> able
> to see when the user is on the phone or when the phone is ringing (or
> even be able to pick it up).
> 
>    I am looking to keep this operation within the SIP space, but if I
> have to go with SCCP to get this module working (if there is a way to
> make the phone treat the lines as protocol independent).  Does anyone
> have any suggestions (or examples) as to how to accomplish this?
> Thanks.
> 
> Eric
> 
> -- 
> Eric Lubow
> LinkExperts, Inc.
> Systems Administrator
> e: elubow at linkexperts.com
> w: www.linkexperts.com

Last I knew, the expansion modules only worked with Skinny firmware.  There is support for it in chan_skinny in 1.4, but it's mostly useless, as they can only be line appearances.  svn trunk has support for speeddials/hints though.

-- 
Jason Parker
Digium