[PLUG] open source IP hard phones?

[Aaron Burt]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 04:44:29PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> I want an open source IP hard phone.
> 
> The furniture is moved.  I'm back to working on Asterisk. <snip>

Congratulations!

> For example, controlling the response to button presses.
> I'd like the option of the phone sending IP messages to
> Asterisk rather than making voice channel beeps, or
> navigating some preprogrammed response chain in the phone. 

Hm.  Most of the hardphones I worked with were somewhat flexible.  But I
was working with Aastra and Snom phones.  I think they were sending SIP
messages for the button presses.  But they really are programmable
terminals, each one different, with programmability confined within the
bounds that the vendor chose.  A lot like the "Smart terminals" of yore.

I suspect that the Ciscos are designed to act a lot like your standard
office desk phone, with a few dedicated-function keys for transfer/redial
etc. and a few "line" keys.  Rule #1 of successful office IT: make it shiny
and new, but DON'T CHANGE A THING. :)

So get your "transfer" key working and give 'em voicemail and "hold", and
hold off on the improvements.  I know that you know how important it is to
do a first-class job for this particular client.