[Asterisk-Users] Re: Grandstream v1.0.4.68 firmware

[Philipp von Klitzing]

Hi!

> caller ID already tells you who is calling). However, I can put anything 
> I want into the text boxes and nothing happens - I always get the 
> "system ring tone".

No problem here, works just fine. If xxxx calls I get ringtone 2, 
otherwise the default ringtone.

>   o System Ring Tone
>   o Custom Ring tone 1, used if incoming caller ID is (Text Box)
>   o Custom Ring tone 2, etc.
> 
> What's this supposed to mean? It implies that if I select one of the 
> custom ring tones, then the phone will ring on the matching CID, 
> otherwise, it won't ring at all!

True, this is a bit confusing.

> hope it doesn't wind up like the useless Daylight Savings Time option, 
> which you may have noticed does not pay any attention to the date so you 
> have to log into each and every phone and change the option anyway 
> (please, correct me if this has been fixed).

Hahaha, yes, that's indeed a very funny option.

> easily change the time zone and get the same effect. GS is obviously
> targeting their phones for the consumer market where a customer has 1,
> maybe 2 phones and this kind of thing is irrelevant. 

I think it's just a a good demo of the business model "get to market 
early with the most basic features only and then develop as you go".

Cheers, Philipp