[Asterisk-Users] Ring-Answer with Polycom 501 and Asterisk

[Philippe Lindheimer]

Peter,
   
  the configurations that I have seen do not auto-answer on CID. You need to set the Alertinfo field in the sip header in order to make this work. The polycoms do have an ability to customize the ring based on the caller which is set in the telephone's inernal directory. You may be able to accomlish what you are trying this way although it is not something I have tried or looked into.
   
  I have the following (allowing any 2XX extension to be autoanswered by dialing 12XX). (I'm thinking though that there may be a new way to do Alertinfo - you may want to look around but this currently works):
   
  exten => _12XX,1,SetVar(_ALERT_INFO="Ring Answer")
exten => _12XX,n,Goto(${EXTEN:1},1)

  p
  
From: "Peter Ketteridge" <pk at icon.net.au>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 17:56:14 +0800
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Ring-Answer with Polycom 501 and Asterisk

    Hi Guys
   
  This has been discussed a little in the list before so my apologies for sendig it again but I have done what others have done in the list but to no avail.
   
  I have configured Asterisk to send the callerID of extension phones as "firstname lastname" and that seems to work well and extensions show calls originating on other extensions in this format.
   
  I set the following in sip.cfg for one of the phones:
   
  <alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.value="John Smith" voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class="4"/>
   
  So when John Smith calls that phone it should ring-answer as per Polycoms documentation but it doesnt it jsut rings as per usual then goes to voicemail can anyone point me in the right direction?
   
  I want to make all extension to extension calls auto answerand go straight to speakerphone (handsfree) without the receiver having to press any button on the phone.
   
  Regards
   
  Peter

		
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