Digital conference speakerphone compatible with IP Office 9.

[mcplaty]

Hi All,

Currently we have an Avaya 5410 Digital Handset in our conference room, and while it does do speakerphone, the powers that be want a fancy UFO looking conference room phone.

They ordered one without consulting me (Polycom Soundstation VTX1000), and it's not compatible with IP Office. Any recommendations that aren't insanely expensive? It has to be digital, since we're using our analog ports for fax machines and the like.

 

[Telecomboy]

They don't make a digital conference phone for the IPO. If you have the capability, you can get an IP conference for the the IPO. Otherwise Konexx used to make a digital to analog converter that can still be found on the internet. You run the analog conference phone through a digital phone (5410) using the adaptor.

 

[tampasteve1]

The Polycom IP conference models may fit your bill. They are mostly the same (function wise) as the analog versions but would use a SIP license on the IP Office.

Otherwise there is the Konftel 55. It uses the digital telephone in the conference room. Basically it becomes an external mic and speaker for your digital telephone and hooks up similar to a headset.
Konftel 55:Link

 

[mcplaty]

Thanks everyone!

 

[mforrence]

Lowest cost solution may be to get another phone/2 card and make the speakerphone that you have work.

 

[Qzwsa]

And there are the B179 Avaya phones that are SIP based, and use the Avaya IP endpoint licenses. Don't forget about VCM channels if this is the first IP phone you are adding to the system.