[cisco-voip] WG: Lock phone / Login to extended CSS

[Bernhard Albler]

Hi Michael,
> 
> I´m just searching for a way to "lock" a Cisco IP Phone so that nobody
> can make long distance calls without the right to do it. What I want to
> achieve is that in the "logged out" mode, a phone has a css to make
> internal and local calls.
> 
> When somebody wants to make a long distance call he/she should first
> login to another device profile with extended rights (via another css)
> and is then able to make the call.
> 
> I found a solution with 2 different Device profiles and two internal
> extensions per person. In this implementation everybody has two
> different numbers the one for status "logged out", the other for status
> "logged in". The "logged in" profile has a CFNA set to the "logged out"
> number. It works somehow but I´m not really happy with this solution... :(
> 
> Is there any other possability to implement this "feature"?
> 
> FAC is not really an alternative for the users because in comparison to
> the old pbx (Siemens Hicom) it´s not really comfortable...
> 
> Any hint would be really appreciated...
There is a german company which has a really nice xmlapp which does what you want:
http://www.andtek.com/communications-products-lockout.html

basically it changes the css as well as softkey templates via axl.

best regards
bernhard