[Blink] Blink user request features page

[Emil Ivov]

На 21.12.10 18:01, Lee Sharp написа:
> On 12/21/2010 10:20 AM, Schumann Sebastian wrote:
>> Maybe Lee means that Aastra can integrate over XML directly with the PBX (e.g., Asterisk, BroadWorks) and do Call Transfer, Conferencing etc. proxy initiated?!
>>
>> So the proxy holds one call, calls the other party and then connects them. This can be done UE-initiated (what Blink does perfectly) but also PBX initiated - what I guess Lee means.
>>
>> While it might be nice to have, I think Blink does not need it. I like it on my hardphone (to control the PBX), but can have always a web interface or other CTI on the PC - where Blink runs and what I use when calling with Blink anyways.
> 
> That is it.  Using Blink, there is no way to transfer calls within 
> Asterisk.  Also, no way to "park" calls within Asterisk.  And while 
> there are some workarounds, they all have both usability issues, and 
> security issues. (They need to work through the web interface, which is 
> very insecure)  So I am stuck with SIP Communicator. 

For the record, other than a few workarounds for Asterisk's (sometimes)
broken SIP behaviour, there's no support for custom PBX features in SIP
Communicator. Certainly not via proprietary XML based services.

The only thing that comes close to this, and that Asterisk has, are DTMF
based controls but I believe Blink also has this.

Emil

> I would MUCH 
> prefer Blink, but transferring calls is simply a must have for me.  And 
> while my mother always told me that I am special, I do not think my 
> needs are really that uncommon. :)
> 
> However, there may be another possibility.  There may be a way to 
> transfer calls, and I could not find it.  If so, that is a usability 
> problem, and much easier to fix.  I am all for that!