Cisco 7970 + Asterisk + HS + Visu

[Warichet]

Probably there is a another/better hardware solution (VOIP with touchscreen - no iPhone ;-) )

The Cisco IP phone 7970 is with touchscreen.

[teichsta]

I wouldn't put efforts in getting these to be used as "Visu-clients". It's a propretary platform, not very handy and easy to implement and finally limited in funtionality

probably not as "real" visu-client but i could imagine the situation where i put off the light by switching the scene "good night" on the phone (which could be located beside my bed).

Why using an expensive KNX-Sensor when there is a phone capeable off using URL's anyhow ... i like that idea. Probably there is a another/better hardware solution (VOIP with touchscreen - no iPhone ;-) )

[makki]

I implemented several Cisco-phones in a completely different environment, but my 5 cents: I wouldn't put efforts in getting these to be used as "Visu-clients". It's a propretary platform, not very handy and easy to implement and finally limited in funtionality.
If still interested, next christmas sounds quite realistic

Makki

[Warichet]

As far as I see, you have three tasks:

1. Getting/writing information from/to the Homeserver
2. Getting/writing information from/to the Asterisk
3. Having a webservice handling this information to and from the phones

Given the sharpness and pertinence of your analyze, I suspect you've been here (long) before me.

Sounds like you're quite busy for the next year or so

Oh well, as mentionned in the base post

Did already someone explore this field ?

I was looking for some help.
This kind of project sometimes requires various skills not always found in the same person ... but no problem.

Bye
(See you next Christmas.)

[MarkusS]

Getting the Cisco-SDK is easy http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/coll...0800925a8.html or http://developer.cisco.com/web/cuae/...play/CUAE/Home (you've to register to get access).

The IP-Phone-SDK is free although the registration page states that there is a fee.

There is a book http://www.ciscopress.com/bookstore/...sbn=1587050609 (out of stock) available but this is quite old, I don't know if it's still worth the money.

As far as I know, the services-implementation differs from SCCP- to SIP-Images, the SCCP-Image for the IP-Phones contains a complete services-functionality, the SIP-Image has reduced functionality. Somewhere in the release notes for the software images is information about this.

You'll need a webserver that can present the services to the phones, the webservices can be implemented as CGI or as ASP.Net (Microsoft IIS only). AFAIR, Cisco recommends using C# or Java.

As far as I see, you have three tasks:

1. Getting/writing information from/to the Homeserver
2. Getting/writing information from/to the Asterisk
3. Having a webservice handling this information to and from the phones

Sounds like you're quite busy for the next year or so

[Warichet]

do you mean that xml structure for the menu's? http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/A...X+XML+Services

you should use the KO-Gateway with some php code on the asterisk server.

Well, with limited/no knowledge of the problem at hand, I would say:
On one hand, there is a phone
- the phone has a (color) display and buttons
- buttons can be associated with actions via ad-hoc programming
- the display can be programmed (right now it's a static image of my house)
- the Asterix server can play the role of web server
- so, we are here in a +/- classic situation of a web server & client

On the other hand, there is a HomeServer
- the server can have a web client

The idea is to combine the 2.

To answer your question: well .... yes ... that's the idea of the project.
Sounds crazy ?
Please understand, I'm still at step zero
What I intend to do:
* first try to get the SDK
* see if it's feasable/reasonable at reasonable time & effort

Maybe

"with a little help of my friends"

(well known tune )

[NilsS]

Hi,

do you mean that xml structure for the menu's? http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/A...X+XML+Services

you should use the KO-Gateway with some php code on the asterisk server.

[Warichet]

Hi,

Cisco IP phone 7970 & 7960 + Asterisk + HomeServer + Visu

Did already someone explore this field ?
There has been some post about Asterisk but I wonder if there is some practical experience with the Visu.
Having a phone in each room, I though it could be nice to use the display and buttons of the phone to somehow build a knx display

As far as I know, it doesn't support Ajax, just plain html.
I'll try to get the SDK.