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<DIV><SPAN class=930483420-14012008><FONT face=Arial size=2>The vast majority of
what I've done with Asterisk has been with the Grandstream GXP-2000's.
These phones work great for us for everything *except* speaker quality is quite
poor and appears to be half-duplex. So now that we've bought and are using
40 GXP-2000's we're doing some testing on other phones. I've bought a
Polycom 301 & 501 as well as a Linksys SPA942. While they have great
speakerphones (especially the Polycom's) I can't quite seem to duplicate
something we use like crazy on the Grandstream's, and from what I can find
online perhaps this isn't possible. So, hoping someone can offer help if
there is help to be offered.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=930483420-14012008><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=930483420-14012008><FONT face=Arial size=2>What I'm talking
about are the 7 programmable buttons on the Grandstream phones. We use
these to Park, Pickup & Page. So we have a 'park' button that when
we're on a call we hit TRNF then this button and the call is parked. We
then have BLF setup so each parking lot lights up as calls are parked, so
immediately after a transfer 'hold 1' lights up red. At this point,
someone can hit 'hold 1' and be connected to the parked call. In addition
we have a 'page' button that dials our Page extension and
pages.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=930483420-14012008><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=930483420-14012008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aside from
re-teaching everyone how to park/pick-up and page as well as losing the visual
BLF, is there anything that can be done on either the Polycom or Linksys
phones?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=930483420-14012008><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=930483420-14012008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=930483420-14012008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Ken</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=930483420-14012008><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=930483420-14012008><FONT face=Arial size=2>(One last thing,
anyway to disable missed calls on these phones, something else I can't seem to
find that the GXP's have).</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>