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

[Sean Kennedy]

Hi Kristian,

I managed to lose the link you sent me earlier.  Would you mind sending 
it to me again for this retailer?  I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you for all your help

Sean

Sean Kennedy wrote:

> Hi Kristian,
>
> What extra configuration is needed for the one touch voicemail?  I 
> have an extension setup on my dialplan to automatically jump to the 
> calling phones' voicemail box and prompt for a password ( exten => 
> 1000,1,VoiceMailMain(${CHANNEL}:4:3}) ), so I'm thinking all i need 
> that button to do is call that extension.  Does that sound about right?
>
> The best I've been able to find the for the IP 500 is $190.00, with 
> the PoE adapter being an extra $35.00.  Have you found the IP600 for 
> less?  If so, I'd be more than willing to go that route.  I'm not on 
> the biz list...yet.  But if you could send a copy to my personal 
> email, that'd be great.
>
> What are the "buddies"?  I saw the xml phone directory, and I was 
> planning implementing that.  Is that the same thing?
> It's good to know that the phones have QoS built into them.  From what 
> the polycom rep said, they were just dumb hubs, which was a bit odd to 
> have in a voip phone I thought.
>
> Thank you for your help and information.  It's greatly appreciated!
>
> Sean
> Kristian Kielhofner wrote:
>
>> Sean,
>>
>>     I have been using IP 600's with great success.  I have never 
>> experienced any of the one way audio problems.  These phones have a 
>> built in switch with QoS capabilities (and PoE).  It is fairly easy 
>> to configure the MWI.  Let me know if you need specific polycom 
>> config info.  I will be adding it to the Wiki one of these days...
>>
>>     Essentially, you can just add mailbox=, but for one touch 
>> voicemail you need to do more.  I just recently got Polycom "Buddies"
>> to work, and I am experimenting with the call park softkey.
>>
>>     By the way, if you are getting Polycom 500's, you might as well 
>> get 600's for less money, they have built in PoE and a XHTML browser, 
>> plus more...  I have managed to find a great reseller that has them 
>> for the lowest price I have seen.  I will post the location to the 
>> biz list so not to ruffle any feathers.  If you are not subscribed, I 
>> will get it to you off-list.
>>
>>     Let me know if you need any help with them!
>>