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mgraves at mstvp.com
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 Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:16 am Post subject: [asterisk-users] Siemens Gigaset S685IP Review |
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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:17:11 +0100, Alan Lord wrote:
Most excellent review! I've been waiting for the C6xxIP series to be
available in the US. I hope that it happens soon.
Michael
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joakimsen at gmail.com
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: [asterisk-users] Siemens Gigaset S685IP Review |
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AFAIK Siemens ceased distribution of their Gigaset line in North
America a few years ago either you find a wholesaler that is importing
"grey market" items or you buy it from a distributor overseas.
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Michael Graves <mgraves at mstvp.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:17:11 +0100, Alan Lord wrote:
Most excellent review! I've been waiting for the C6xxIP series to be
available in the US. I hope that it happens soon.
Michael
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject: [asterisk-users] Siemens Gigaset S685IP Review |
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:05:47 -0400, Andreas van dem Helge wrote:
| Quote: | AFAIK Siemens ceased distribution of their Gigaset line in North
America a few years ago either you find a wholesaler that is importing
"grey market" items or you buy it from a distributor overseas.
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Was there any particular reason? I guess they're just not in the
consumer electronincs business in North America. They seem to be more
in the industrial end.
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jwinius at umrk.to
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: [asterisk-users] Siemens Gigaset S685IP Review |
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Quoting Michael Graves <mgraves at mstvp.com>:
| Quote: | | Quote: | in case anyone is interested, I've just taken ownership of a small home
network (3 handsets) of the brand new Siemens DECT PSTN/VOIP phone.
It works great with Asterisk. ...
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Sounds great, especially where you say that you got MWI to work with
Asterisk. I bought a couple of S675IP units a few months ago and have
never been able to get MWI to work. The relevant lines that I've added
to my phone's SIP config are:
subscribemwi=yes
mailbox=1000 at phones,1234
I'm using Asterisk v1.4.19. AFAIK, this is a firmware problem that,
according to voip-info.org, also affects the c470ip (same firmware),
but Siemens has yet to fix.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:01 am Post subject: [asterisk-users] Siemens Gigaset S685IP Review |
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Marco wrote:
| Quote: | Hi Alan,
yeah, latest Siemens DECT phones with VoIP support are quite the new
Chuck Norris of cordless phones. Personally I use the C470IP on a
business context and a C475IP at home (for the integrated answering
machine). The audio quality is amazing, and the extra services are
definitely a plus.
I just found 2 big cons:
* The transfer/hold modes is quite a pain, and it takes many
keypress to activate, which doesn't make them suitable for all people
* The firmware and ALL of the pre-recorded messages are in german. I
had some customers a little scared about this!
What do you think?
Bye
Marco
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Hi Marco,
As I've only had them a few days and so haven't used all the features
yet. Call transfer is one that I do need to do but, I guess it's the
same with most things, once you get into a "routine" I don't think that
2 or 3 keypresses will seem a chore.
As for the language, the phones I bought are for the UK market and
everything is English. I have heard of Australians, who seem to have to
buy from the UK or Europe getting German or Dutch versions before but it
wasn't a problem here. These are UK market units.
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Al
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jwinius at umrk.to
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:42 am Post subject: [asterisk-users] Siemens Gigaset S685IP Review |
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Quoting Marco <blackspiraldancer at email.it>:
| Quote: | * The firmware and ALL of the pre-recorded messages are in german. I
had some customers a little scared about this!
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I have German units too (of the S675IP), but it's easy to switch the
menu language to English. If the pre-recorded messages are still in
German (and I believe they are), then I don't think anyone has
noticed, since I let Asterisk do my voicemail for me. However, if you
want to use the unit's integrated answering machine -- in English -- I
would think that would just be a question of finding and installing a
UK firmware version... unless maybe the pre-recorded messages are
separate files.
Cheers,
Jaap
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alanslists at gmail.com
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:09 am Post subject: [asterisk-users] Siemens Gigaset S685IP Review |
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Jaap Winius wrote:
<snip /> However, if you
| Quote: | want to use the unit's integrated answering machine -- in English -- I
would think that would just be a question of finding and installing a
UK firmware version... unless maybe the pre-recorded messages are
separate files.
Cheers,
Jaap
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I recall reading somewhere that there are "codes" you can enter to
change things like this. It might have been on one of the Gigaset
forums, but I can't remember.
As an aside, I noticed while scanning the back of the manual, that the
software, or some if it at least, is LGPL and you can download the source.
I've added a link on my blog:
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/30/siemens-gigaset-uses-lgpl/
Also, for those who struggled with the vcard import, here's a link:
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/30/s685ip-and-the-vcard-format/
Cheers,
Al
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alanslists at gmail.com
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:04 am Post subject: [asterisk-users] Siemens Gigaset S685IP Review |
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Olivier wrote:
| Quote: | Do we agree on the fact you can't change a S68 handset display name (S68
should be the model name of the handset included in a S685IP package)
from a computer ?
If my memory serves me right, you can change S685IP base station
settings but not handset settings (display name, subscription to an
other base station, ...), isn't it ?
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You can certainly give each handset a more sensible name if that's what
you mean... From the web interface to the base station you can do this
easily. My three handsets are now called "Alan's", "Helen's" and "Kitchen".
You can, according to the manual subscribe each handset to up to 4
different base stations. The actual process of registering the handset
requires manually pressing the Page button on the relevant base station,
whilst the handset is in "register me" mode...
Hope this helps.
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