[Asterisk-Users] Re: Avaya phone 4610sw message waiting indicator and other settings

[Erick Perez]

Tom, just to make sure im on the right track.
What files do you tweak?
sip.conf, the ones from avaya and anything else?


On 6/22/06, Tom Lynn <tom at tomlynn.com> wrote:
> Nope.  Let me know if you do.  I've suspended my efforts until I see a new
> version of firmware available on the Avaya web site.
>
>
> On 6/21/06, Erick Perez <eaperezh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for your comments Tom. Indeed the MWI and the programmable
> > buttons are the only things that do not work for me. Besides that, the
> > phone is great and the audio quality is superb.
> > Did you managed somehow to make the MWI work?
> >
> > Will keep searching the net, the 4602 page is somehow poor on the
> documentation.
> >
> > On 6/21/06, Tom Lynn < tom at tomlynn.com> wrote:
> > > Well, I wouldn't say nobody.  I do and I've corresponded with a few
> people
> > > that do. There's a page on voip-info.org dedicated to the Avaya 4602
> > > telephone and SIP (I'm hoping I'm not the only reader of that page).
> When
> > > I've used my Avaya phone in conference (FWD CoffeeHouse), I've had
> people
> > > sincerely compliment me on the quality of sound with my phone.
> > >
> > > But......
> > >
> > > Avaya has a few things working against it within the context of
> Asterisk:
> > >
> > > * MWI just doesn't work (If you insist on trying it, get ready for your
> > > phone to lose it's registration with * every hour or so)
> > > * Dial strings beginning with * character appear to go nowhere with
> these
> > > phones
> > > * They're perceived as rather expen$ive
> > > * As a company, they're simply not focused on * since it doesn't help
> sell
> > > any of their other product.  They prefer selling things that drive
> > > maintenance contract revenue and, let's face it, the phone is the
> commodity
> > > appliance that connects to *.  Even within the enterprise space, very
> few
> > > carry maintenance on their telephone sets anymore.
> > >
> > > Funny anectdote:  Avaya loves showing Cisco 79xx phones with a SIP load
> > > registered to their PBX systems with a Powered By Avaya background.
> They
> > > claim that, unlike Cisco, they will accept third party SIP clients
> > > registering to their system.  However, they really don't provide any
> kind of
> > > support for their phones used with a system other than their own.  My
> Mom
> > > used to call that the Pot calling the Kettle Black.
> > >
> > > Good phone, great sound, just no support and a bit wonky on the
> features.
> > >
> > > My 2 cents.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/21/06, Erick Perez < eaperezh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > nobody uses avaya phones with asterisk?
> > >
> > > On 6/20/06, Erick Perez < eaperezh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi, I setup my tftp to send SIP configurations (the bin files) to the
> > > > avaya phone. When it finished loading and rebooting it asked for the
> > > > extension and the password and the asterisk ip address. I had to input
> > > > that manually and is now working perfectly with asterisk.
> > > >
> > > > what is the format of the text files to make this phone load the
> > > > asterisk ip, extension number, codec used, password as well as to
> > > > configure message waiting indicator and maybe modify some of the
> > > > buttons (such as just pressing one of the available programmable
> > >  > buttons to access voicemail). I have 10 more of these phones and i
> > > > want to do provisioning automatically.
> > > >
> > > > in the 46xxsettings.txt file there are no such parameters
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > >
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> > > > Erick Perez
> > > > Panama Sistemas
> > > > Integradores de Telefonia IP y Soluciones Para Centros de Datos
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Erick Perez
Panama Sistemas
Integradores de Telefonia IP y Soluciones Para Centros de Datos
Panama, Republica de Panama
Cel Panama. +(507) 6694-4780
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