[cisco-voip] Second Button on 7940

[Mike Armstrong]

Or, if he wants real buttons, tell him about 7960s and 7914s (and their 
costs).  You might also point out that the higher up the management chain, 
the fewer buttons one has.  That said, I'd also love to know how to do what 
Lelio suggested.

Mike Armstrong

> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:31:53 -0400
> From: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Second Button on 7940
> To: "Todd Franklin" <toddnh65 at gmail.com>, <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
> Message-ID: <003c01c797f0$db7aecc0$47196883 at cfs.uoguelph.ca>
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> The second button can be defined as a service URL. So if you create a 
> service that outputs XML and the appropriate softkeys, you can do this 
> relatively easily.
>
> That being said, I wouldn't know where to start to build this service, 
> just that if it's there, it's easy to point to.
>
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>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Todd Franklin
>  To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>  Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:24 PM
>  Subject: [cisco-voip] Second Button on 7940
>
>
>  My manager has a 7940 and he's complaining about his loss of buttons that 
> he had on his previous phone.
>  So I mention this to a friend, and he says "you can make it so when he 
> presses that 2nd button, he gets a list of extensions to call, and he can 
> just arrow up and down thru them".  How do I do that???  I guess the first 
> button is kind of reserved, it's your extension!!!  But how do I do that 
> with the 2nd button?  Maybe I could just have it that when he presses it, 
> he gets the names of the six department heads and their extensions.  (the 
> buttons I am talking about are the 2 to the right of the LCD screen)
>
>  Thanks anyone.