[Asterisk-Users] Special Delivery from China

[James H. Thompson]

Another approach would be to sell the hardware without firmware and start and opensource project to
build firmware for it.
It would seem like this could be a good niche for a small manufacturing company.


Jim

James H. Thompson
jht at lava.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Milk" <jay at skimmilk.net>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 11:57 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Special Delivery from China


> I received a sample IP/Speakerphone from my friends in China today.
> Asterisk setup was fairly uncomplicated and I had it running as an
> extension on my server within a few minutes.  Sounds quality of both the
> receiver and the speakerphone are fine (wife's opinion).  Are there any
> tests I should run with this phone?
>
> Following are the specs:
> - Single line appearance
> - Alpha display, 2x16 chars
> - Configurable by telnet and http; password protected
> - upgradeable by tftp
> - Protocols: sip, mgcp, h323 (only tested SIP)
> - DHCP or static address; support for NAT traversal
> - g729,g711u,g711a,g723
> - configurable ringtones, user-downloadable ringtones
> - hold button works with asterisk
> - inband, rfc2833 dtmf-modes
> - second RJ45 PC port
>
> Physical:
> - 8.5" x 8.0" x 2.0" (WxDxH)
> - flat-black plastic
> - LCD can be tilted up for visibility up to about 80 degrees
> - Large number buttons, 13 function buttons (redial, volume, etc)
>
> Shortfalls:
> - Caller-ID Name doesn't seem to work
> - MWI doesn't seem to exist
> - Dialplan isn't very flexible (pretty much requires #/send for all
> numbers)
> - PC port *may* be legacy (10mbps), not FastEthernet (100mbps); not yet
> benchmarked
>
> Requested improvements:
> - Second line appearance
> - configurable soft-keys
> - distinctive ring w/ auto-answer
>
> I should be able to resell these for $75 in quantity, $80-$85 for
> samples/endusers.  Any takers?  Once the CID Name & MWI are fixed, I'll
> set up a pre-order list, and if there's enough interest I'll import a
> batch.
>
>
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