BCM 400 version 3.7 with CISCO IP phones

[alex1002]

Does anyone know if this system will take CISCO IP phones (IP 7961). I was able to get a nice price on Ten CISCO 7961 POE and want to try to use them with the BCM 400.

 

[gwebster]

You cannot use Cisco IP Phones on a BCM. The Cisco phones only support the Cisco proprietary protocol and/or SIP. The BCM supports neither of those.

 

[alex1002]

Is there anyway to have them integrate?

 

[telcodog]

In the early days Nortel did dabble a bit with third party SIP licensing but it didn't get much traction. If your system has those kind of licenses installed already, you might be able to get them working once you put SIP firmware into them, but if you don't, your out of luck with a system that old.

You could look into replacing the 400 with an emetrotel UCx. They'll work on that ok as will all your existing Nortel phones.