[cisco-voip] Meetme

[Jared Mauch]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 10:15:31PM -0500, Wes Sisk wrote:
> Hi Nick,
> 
> We are exploring using CRS to post XML to an ipphone that has the 
> ipphone initiate the meetme, then anyone can dial in.  We would then 
> launch this script via a jtapi trigger.  End result, dial a DN and enter 
> a PIN code, CRS remote controls an IP Phone to initiate the conference, 
> then dumps the caller into the conference.  This is a workaround as 
> meetme invocation is currently not supported via JTAPI or TSP.

	You may want to consider using some external box for doing
your 'meetme' type functionality... we're using Asterisk
(www.asteriskpbx.org) to host conference calls.. it would
be possible to create a DN or series of DNs, and get the $500 PRI
card and stick it in a machine running Linux to host your conferences.

	We're running all SIP here.. if you create a SIP CM setup,
you wouldn't need the T1/PRI card, and can run it completely in software.

	Our setup is a large group of work-at-home users scattered
around the US, on our network and on dsl/cable of various providers..
using 7940/7960 primarily, but some ata186, going into a centralized
sip proxy, with cisco routers doing SIP/PSTN gateway in various
cities.

	My favorite part is there isn't a limit to people in the 
Asterisk MeetMe rooms.  This means we can do 50 people conference calls
on the system without trouble, or having to schedule ports..

	- jared

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