[Asterisk-Users] RE: Auto-pickup cisco phones

[Brent Torrenga]

>Is there anyway to force an autopickup on a cisco 7940 / 60 from the 
>dialplan ?

Unfortunately, no.

However, the 7940 can use two SIP accounts, the 7960 six accounts. This is
how I implemented "intercoms":

Set the first (top) line to register to an account that will be used to
ring, set the second line to be an intercom. You configure the auto-answer
setting from the phone (not the SIP${MAC ADDRESS}.conf file. I made sip
accounts like SIP/r1000 and SIP/i1000 (or variables ${r1000} and ${i1000}
that point to the accounts), where any account starting with an "r" rings
the phone, and any account starting with an "i" is an intercom.

Thus, when calling from one desk to another, the intercom channel is called.
When a call comes in from a trunk, the ring channel us called.

Always set the first (top) line to be a ring line - that line is used by
default when the handset is picked up. This prevents a phone from auto
answering a park ring-back from a trunk...


Sincerely,

Brent A. Torrenga

Torrenga Engineering, Inc.
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Munster, Indiana 46321-1771

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