[cisco-voip] Cool new Phone 7985G

[Mike Armstrong]

That's high on my list -- I want to call a Polycom H.323 from a VT 
Advantage'd IP phone, which seems to be about the same thing as the 7985, 
except the 7985 is uglier.  In spite of that, it looks like it offers a 
larger picture, and is engineered to mitigate or avoid the "looking off into 
space" problem we've noticed with VT Advantage.  So far nobody's offered a 
reason why it won't work, but I've got to do some network renumbering to get 
around some NAT and firewall issues before testing it.

7940/VT Advantage (SCCP) -- CCM 4.1(3) -- 3640 H.323 -- T1 -- {mysterious 
cloud} -- Polycom

Mike Armstrong
UF/IFAS CREC
Lake Alfred, FL

> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:01:10 -0500
> From: "Walenta, Phil" <philip.walenta at berbee.com>
> Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] Cool new Phone 7985G
> To: "Voll, Scott" <Scott.Voll at wesd.org>, "Wes Sisk" <wsisk at cisco.com>,
> "Blomfield, Adam" <Adam.Blomfield at sulzer.com>,
> <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
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> You can directly point the polycom via H.323 to CallManager by dialed
> number, or use a gatekeeper to handle the call routing.  Either way, you
> need to define a trunk, or h.323 phone device to represent the H.323
> device to callmanager for call routing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Voll, Scott
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 9:57 AM
> To: Wes Sisk; Blomfield, Adam; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] Cool new Phone 7985G
>
> How does the polycom --- H323 -- CM piece work?
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wes Sisk [mailto:wsisk at cisco.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 7:54 AM
> To: Voll, Scott; Blomfield, Adam; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] Cool new Phone 7985G
>
> polycom/tandberg---(h323)--CallManager--(SCCP)--7985
>
> /Wes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Voll, Scott
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 10:40 AM
> To: Blomfield, Adam; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] Cool new Phone 7985G
>
>
> What kind of gateway does SCCP to H323?  I think the CIO is going to
> want one.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Blomfield, Adam
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 6:21 AM
> To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] Cool new Phone 7985G
>
> Other than the exorbitant price tag, the problem with this phone is that
> it does not support H.323 for signaling so if I want to integrate it
> with the rest of my legacy video conferencing infrastructure it has to
> be done through a SCCP to H.323 gateway. I hate that it requires you to
> purchase more equipment; it sounds like a good enough reason NOT to buy
> it to me.
>
> -Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Cary FitzGerald
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:55 PM
> To: Lelio Fulgenzi; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Cool new Phone 7985G
>
> No.  I've been using one on my desk for several months now (internal
> cisco trial).  It has a magnetically actuated hook switch - completely
> different than any of the other phones.
>
> Cary.
>
> --On August 31, 2005 11:16:43 PM -0400 Lelio Fulgenzi
> <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> wonder if it has the same hookswitch problem. ;)
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Steve G
>> To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:36 PM
>> Subject: [cisco-voip] Cool new Phone 7985G
>>
>>
>>
>> I think I need to test one of these puppies out:
>>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/products_data_sheet0
> 9
>> 00aecd8030e546.html
>>
>> List price on it is $3595.