[Asterisk-Users] Polycom 500, asterisk user opinions?

[Jared Armstrong]

The voicemail indicator works well (on the 500) I have mine working. The
only thing is you cant use ###@vmcontext in the sip.conf file. You can
only use ### for the voicemail indicated. I also have it setup to use
CID for all internal calls and this is working well for me so far. I am
not using dual sip entries and have not had any issues with only 1 side
hearing things. One other item of note is that with this phone I can not
use callprogress=yes if I do this I can hear the called party but I can
not speak.

Jared Armstrong

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Kennedy [mailto:skennedy at tpno.org] 
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:22 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Polycom 500, asterisk user opinions?

Hi all, I'm researching IP phones for a new office setup.  We will need 
30 phones.  I have read the wiki and the polycom site for the phones, 
but I still had some questions about real world experience with these 
phones.

-According to the documentation, the 500 series ( and 600, according to 
a polycom rep ) have built in hubs.  Has anybody noticed performance 
issues in this setup, when running a computer off of the built in second

port?

-The 500 series has an indicator light, which is implied to work as a 
voice mail indicator.  Is this true?  What extra setup is needed?  Or do

I just need to add `mailbox` to the sip config entry and be done with
it?

-Do these phones still have issues where one side hears the conversation

while the other hears nothing or rining?  Do they still need special sip

file entries ( 2 per phone )?

I apprecaite any and all note/advise/rants/raves/information that the 
asterisk crowd can volunteer about this phone. 

Thank you.

Sean