[Asterisk-Users] Intercom/autoanswer, SIP, Cisco

[John Todd]

The answer is "No", categorically, nor is their documentation correct 
in saying that there is a web server running on SIP phone software 
(it's only on CCM images.)

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However...

A bad hack would be to use "expect" and "telnet" to open a connection 
to the 7960, and activate it's testing mode.  With the testing mode, 
you can "press" keys on the keypad as if you were standing in front 
of the phone.  I have dialed phones remotely this way.  This is bad, 
wrong, ugly, and insecure.  It also doesn't take into account if the 
user is on the phone already.

I have sent a note into Cisco (through various channels - I have no 
idea what the "right" way is) to add such a feature.  There are some 
documents on an RFC track that address the point, but it does not 
currently exist in any Cisco SIP software that I am aware of.

JT


>A friend pointed out this url
>http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/clmn32.htm where it lists
>intercom/auto-answer as being a feature in Cisco Call Manager (which as I
>understand it, uses SIP predominately for handsets).  I've come
>across comment somewhere that intercom isn't supported in the SIP spec.
>Does anyone know if the apparent capability of Intercom being available in
>SIP Cisco handsets has been exploited by Asterisk?
>
>I ran across an April thread that debated the availability of such feature
>but it died out with no absolute conclusion.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve Bourg
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