[Asterisk-Users] Send text to Cisco 7960?

[Rich Adamson]

> Does anyone know of a way to send arbitrary text to the display of a
> Cisco 7960 phone?  The idea is to pass along CallerID or some other
> information without actually ringing the phone.  I would like for it
> to appear on the main screen, and not on any others such as Settings
> or Services.  I've played around with the telnet interface and can
> send digits in the test mode, and I think the SCCP firmware supports
> XML push, but I need SIP.

The sip version does not support any push stuff.

> On an unrelated note, does any 7960 SIP firmware have the ability to
> move the Blind Xfer button to the top-level of the soft-buttons
> instead of buried one level deep... or to pull the speed dial lines
> from a config file?

No, they are all hard coded in the sip firmware.