PBX & Softphones Blog - Page 5

As if it wasn’t challenging enough to get new firmware for these phones, sometimes bad things happen as part of the update process. In particular, we ran into a problem going from SIP 6.3 to SIP 7.2. Having…

Configuration Files Generator Tool for WINDOWS http://sourceforge.net/projects/provisioning/ Using the template file the configuration tool makes phone-specific configuration files, basically, it just reformats the config options into one line separated by ampersands and attaches its custom header The custom…

Nortel IP phones use the proprietary Unified Networks IP Stimulus (UNISTIM) protocol. Details of the initial implementation and theory of operation of the UNISTIM protocol can be found in Telephony and Data Network Services at a Telephone, US…

Atcom AT-320 This is a cheap consumer grade phone based on the PA168S chip. Works good in both the office and at home. Pros it’s cheap. About $79 for a dual port unit. Nice display Good status display…

The QuteCom is the new name WengoPhone product and is maintained by MBDSYS and by the community QuteCom. The initial project developer was Wengo, a subsidiary of the second heaviest PSTN/ADSL network in France who transferred the sponsorship…

KPhone KPhone is a SIP User Agent for Linux. It implements the functionality of a VoIP Softphone but is not restricted to this. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License. KPhone is written in C++ and…

Siemens HiPath use the CorNet-IP proprietary protocol. Someone is trying to write a Asterisk chan_cornet at the moment. These are simple phones that act like a terminal (or thin client), the whole intelligence is in the server. The…

SJphone is a softphone that allows you to speak over the Internet using any desktops, notebooks, PDAs, stand-alone IP phones, and even any traditional landline or mobile phones. It supports both SIP and H.323 industry open standards and…

OpenPBX (Disambiguation) There are at least three uses of the name “OpenPBX” in relation to telephony: OpenPBX by Modulis.ca Inc. – an enterprise class Asterisk based PBX, by Montreal based company Modulis http://www.openpbx.net OpenPBX – an open source…

FreePBX is a web application. If you’ve looked into Asterisk, you know that it doesn’t come with any “built-in” programming. You can’t plug a phone into it and make it work without editing configuration files, writing dialplans, and…

HandyTone-486 Ports 1 Power (5V) 1 RJ45 WAN 1 RJ45 LAN 1 RJ11 FXS 1 RJ11 PSTN (Not a true FXO -not usable via SIP, only used as a fallback for power failure, etc) Basically this is the…

Call recording The ability to record a conversation, either system wide or by meeting some filter criteria (e.g. an extension, a called number, a calling number or a line). This can be either from the start of a…

IP PBX is a phone system that utilizes IP communications. Traditionally IP PBX’s are located on site where they can also interface to traditional telco services such as analogue phone lines. The business end users connect via IP…

IP Centrex is a service where the call platform and PBX features are hosted at the service provider location. The business end users connect via IP to the provider for voice service. OnSIP Virtual PBX (a.k.a. IP Centrex)…