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

[Tom Lynn]

Those are the only files that come to mind.

On 6/23/06, Erick Perez <eaperezh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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> > > >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > Erick Perez
> > > > > Panama Sistemas
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> > > >
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