[asterisk-users] Asterisk room monitor

[Mark Hulber]

I want to use a voip speaker phone as a room monitor.  Requirements:

A phone that I can set to auto answer in speaker mode.
A phone with a good speaker phone.
Ability to make the audio one way.  I want to monitor the room but not 
have my voice heard in the room.  Yes, the mute button can accomplish 
this also.

I have been using the SPA942's around the house (the speaker is just ok 
but probably good enough).  Can I set one of these or a similar Cisco 
phone to auto answer in speaker mode?  Any ideas on an alternative phone 
that would allow this?

The alternative is to just set up the call locally and then leave the 
room with the line open but ideally I'd like to be able to open up the 
monitor on demand.

Thanks,

MARK.