[asterisk-users] Siemens gigaset as180 as a internal mobile extension

[Gordon Henderson]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Florent THOMAS wrote:

> Le 15/06/2011 11:06, Florent THOMAS a écrit :
>> Le 15/06/2011 10:53, Gordon Henderson a écrit :
>>> On Tue, 14 Jun 2011, Florent THOMAS wrote:
>>>> Le 12/06/2011 20:41, Florent THOMAS a écrit :
>>>>> Le 11/06/2011 17:54, Gordon Henderson a écrit :
>>>>>> On Sat, 11 Jun 2011, Florent THOMAS wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hy all of you,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Is anybody has a tutorial for integrate a siemens gigaset as180 and 
>>>>>>> connect it to Asterisk.
>>>>>>> I've searched a lot and didn't found something concluding.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The AS180 is just a bog-standard analogue DECT phone. So like any other 
>>>>>> analogue phone, to use it with asterisk, you need an analogue card (eg. 
>>>>>> tdm400p) or an ATA.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Personally, I'd use one of the Gigaset IP range of phones - these are 
>>>>>> SIP compatable. (e.g. A580IP, etc.) They do work very well. I've 
>>>>>> deployed a fair few in the past few years.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> (And they're just Gigaset now - split from Siemens AIUI, although I 
>>>>>> suspect it'll be a long time before everyone catches-up!)
>>> 
>>>>> I'll try it ASAP and let you know.
>>> 
>>>> Hy Gordon,
>>>> 
>>>> I checked my devices and observed that I'm the owner of 2 LinkSys 
>>>> SPA2102-R configured by keyyo.
>>>> I used the Voice interaction menu to reset the device.
>>>> Unfortunately it stills asking me a password.
>>> 
>>> I don't really know much about the SPA devices, sorry. (the only ATAs I've 
>>> really used have been Grandstreams) It sounds like they might be locked 
>>> into the "keyyo" service (if that's an ITSP who provided them 
>>> pre-configured)

>> You're totally right and actually I 'd just engaged a procedure to have the 
>> information from my IPST.

> My former IPST informed me that this kind of device can't be configured for 
> another IPST. Have you already experinced this kind of behaviour?

I've never experienced it myself - mostly because I don't buy locked 
devices. (and that goes for most stuff - e.g. my mobile phone was bought 
sim-free, no contract, etc.) however I know it goes on - e.g. Vonage are 
quite famous for it.

You might find that googling for your device and ITSP might give you some 
clues as to hot to unlock it - I'm sure many are unlockable.

> Do you know some devices that aren't so "locked"?

None of them are locked by default - it's only the service providers that 
lock them into their own networks - so if you buy anything from an online 
supplier that doesn't come with any sort of service then you should be 
fine.

Gordon