On 9/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Atis Lezdins</b> <<a href="mailto:atis@iq-labs.net">atis@iq-labs.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 9/18/07, Joao Pereira <<a href="mailto:joao.pereira@fccn.pt">joao.pereira@fccn.pt</a>> wrote:<br>> I don't think so, because in paging/intercom, the phones must support<br>> "Auto Answer".<br>
><br>> The link you sent says:<br>> "SIP phones for the most part don't support any of these phone based<br>> paging functions. If a SIP phone offers an Auto Answer function, you can<br>> approximate limited paging intercom functionality."
<br>><br>> I'm using X-Lite, and in X-Lite I can't force the users to answer the<br>> call..... The users can put "Auto Answer = Off".<br>><br>> Also, the response from Counterpath was weird, as they said they're
<br>> engineering team cannot remove the Auto Answer option:<br>> "To have the auto-answer permanently on in the context that you wish to<br>> have is a feature that our engineering team cannot hard code into the
<br>> phone. It can be turned on and off in the menu "<br><br>Actually i believe you can do it yourself. X-Lite is windows, right?<br>There are a bunch of programs, allowing to edit internal resources of<br>executable files. So, just grab a resource editor (i prefer XN
<br>Resource Editor), open .exe file, edit the menu - disable (and hide)<br>items you want to forbid changing for users, and give them the<br>executable. I'm not certain that X-Lite's executable is not<br>packed/crypted, but editing SJPhone was very successful some time ago.
<br><br>Of course, there's always an option for user - to take another<br>softphone, but whatever softphone you choose - they will have the same<br>chance.</blockquote><div><br>I've stayed out of this thread for a long time, and really didn't read the past comments, so if I'm repeating someone, I'm sorry. I've been thinking this for a while, and just have to say it. If you feel like you have to keep people from turning off the auto-answer feature on a softphone, you don't need a new softphone. You need new people.
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