[Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 quick dial

[Christopher Lee]

Had a quick response from Cisco on this. The short and simple answer is NO,
the phones cannot be made to dial while on-hook. 

It was mentioned to me that with SIP 6.0 firmware and onwards you can now
manage your own personal directory on the phone (whereas before the phone
did it for you), and by pressing the down arrow on the phone while idle
gives you a fast was to access the personal directory. This still isn't what
I was after, and I've setup an XML directory on the services button anyway
:-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Lee
> Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2004 12:12 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 quick dial
> 
> Then you've got to hand it to Nortel, they do know how to make a damn good
> phone extensions for lazy people like me :-)
> 
> I actually believe this isn't the case with the Nortel Meridian systems,
> as
> I noticed when using one it wouldn't accept the numbers without first
> pressing that extensions DN key... perhaps it's just a Norstar CICS/MICS
> features.
> 
> Anyway I've opened a TAC case with Cisco and will await their response,
> which I'm guessing already will be no, can't hurt to ask tho :-)
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> > admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Brian West
> > Sent: Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:58 PM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 quick dial
> >
> > I have one word for you... LAZY!
> >
> > bkw
> >
> > On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Christopher Lee wrote:
> >
> > > Out of interest, does anyone know if it's possible to get the 7960 to
> > start
> > > accepting a number while on-hook, without having to press "NewCall",
> the
> > > line button, or speaker button?
> > >
> > > This is just something I was used to with the Norstar extensions, I
> > could
> > > immediately start dialing the numbers for an internal extension and
> it'd
> > > work.
> 
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