J179 on IP Office 9.1 - It works! 2

[Shaun E]

I've had my eyes on the J179 for a while now, but everything I read indicated that they need R10 to work with H323 or R11 to work with SIP.

But, I also read that in H323 mode they emulate a 9611 so I decided to buy one to try on my system at home (which has 9.1 Preferred, and I haven't bothered paying for the upgrade given it's a residence).

I'm happy to report that it seems to work just fine!

 

[Z-man]

That is interesting. I wonder if a J169 will work as well?

 

[snowman50]

Great view...

 

[infonaut]

Great effort Shaun E

I wonder if a J169 will work as well?
Give it a try Z- man

8.2.6 Pre-R11.0 H.323 Support
On IP Office R11.0 and higher systems, the J139/J159/J169/J179 phones are supported as SIP telephones only.
However, for pre-R11.0 systems it is also possible to support the J169 and J179 phones in a mode that emulates
H.323 phones using a special release of firmware. In this mode, the phones are seen by the IP Office system as
being 9611 phones.
· ! WARNING
You must ensure that the J169 and J179 phones have SIP 3.0 firmware installed before switching the
phone to H.323 firmware operation. Refer to product support notice PSN020401u.
· Pre-IP Office 10.1 SP3 Systems
These systems require the manual addition of the firmware and editing of the settings files.
· IP Office 10.1 SP3 and later 10.1 service packs
These systems include the changes necessary to support the J169 and J179 telephones in H.323 mode. That
assumes that the system is using the auto-generated 46xxsettings.txt file. If not, manual changes to the
settings files being used will be required similar to those needed on pre-IP Office 10.1 SP3 systems.
· IP Office R11.0 and higher
These systems only support J139/J159/J169/J179 phones running SIP firmware. Existing systems with the J169
and J179 phones running H.323 emulation firmware will require the phones to be converted to SIP firmware
after the upgrade of the IP Office to R11.0.

 

[Travis Harper]

They all work with H.323 firmware.

 

[dsm600rr]

I just wish the Call Appearance button wasn't awful yellow in color on the J179's on H.323

J169's look better on H.323

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