[asterisk-users] Sending text to a phone that's no in-use ...

[Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC]

Thanks, everybody, for bringing this to my attention!  I can't wait to 
play around with it!

Moj

Rob Schall wrote:
> Yes they do. If you download the newest boot rom, they sure do have it
> now. I was surprised myself when I saw the feature, but we use it on all
> of our 501s here. The resolution isn't pretty, but it works. :)
> 
> Rob
> 
> Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC wrote:
>> I think you mean 60x not 50x.  The polycom 501s don't have the
>> microbrowser.
>>
>> Rob Schall wrote:
>>> If they're polycom 501s or higher, you could have each phone use a
>>> different homepage. Those pages could be loaded dynamically (say in php)
>>> and then you could just store the "message" to display in a database.
>>> Probably easiest to maintain and create an interface for.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> Gordon Henderson wrote:
>>>> Anyone know if it's possible to send a line of text to a phone that's
>>>> not currently in-use?
>>>>
>>>> What I want is:
>>>>
>>>>   SendText(SIP/101, "Hello World")
>>>>
>>>> but that doesn't exist ...
>>>>
>>>> I'm after an application where someone (say a receptionist) can send
>>>> one of a small set of pre-defined messages, so that when someone next
>>>> looks at their phone it might say: "Wife Called", "Check Email",
>>>> "collect printout", and so on, rather than leaving voicemail, but I'm
>>>> not sure it's actually possible...
>>>>
>>>> Failing that, I suppose I could just dump a pre-canned audio file &
>>>> the appropriate header file in the voicemail spool.. but I'd rather
>>>> just send a message to the phone.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Gordon
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