PTT Push To Talk Solution
I am looking for a push to talk solution does anyone know of a good PTT phone one that works with asterisk.
I’m not talking about polycom fake PPT… I’m talking about a real call into Asterisk and having to push a button on a headset or the phone to actually talk. not multicast talk like polycom.
I wish polycom had a real PTT headset but I cannot find one, I like their phones.
Cisco has a PTT headset but seems only for 7960 model. Those phones are older and diffucult time find a new one and hard to get SIP on 7960.
So is there a PTT phone out there that works great with asterisk ?
Thanks so much.
Jerry
9 thoughts on - PTT Push To Talk Solution
I am not sure whether I really understood your question. It looks to me that the PTT
functionality can easily be achieved using the mute button that most phones and headsets have. One could even implement it independent of any specific phone using the Asterisk function MuteAudio(). One could use the DTMF features for signaling.
jg
Um ….. Asterisk supports full-duplex telephony, so there’s no need for any of that “over to you, roger and out” business — you can actually talk in both directions at once (assuming your voices are pitched far enough apart for each of you to be able to understand what the other is saying).
You could try wiring the normally-closed contact of a change-over switch across the microphone in the handset of any compatible phone ….. that should silence it until the switch is pressed.
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Hi Jerry
As others have eluded to, the ‘PTT’ feature can mean different things to different people depending on their background.
Is it fair to say that you’re looking for a one-touch button which initiates a call to the other end and causes the other end to automatically answer in speakerphone mode?
If that would foot the bill then have a look at the auto-answer feature of Yealink and Snom phones (and others I’m sure). It can be easily triggered by adding a SIP header line into your dialplan so that the necessary header is included with the invite (this triggers the auto-answer at the remote end).
If you have either of these brands to play with and need the dialplan code just sing out.
Pete Mundy
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different >people depending on their background.>
initiates a call to >the other end and causes the other end to automatically answer in speakerphone >mode?
Yealink >and Snom phones (and others I’m sure). It can be easily triggered by adding a >SIP header line into your dialplan so that the necessary header is included with >the invite (this triggers the auto-answer at the remote end).
just >sing out.
Hi All,
no – sorry if I wasn’t clear. I am looking for a solution that I can pick up a headset, dial a number into asterisk and connect to “whatever” – BUT before I can actually “speak” I need to press a “real” button on the headset. if I then release the button on the headset “no audio is passed” but the call is still active. To speak again – I need to “press the button” on the headset.
Like I mentioned. The fake PTT on polycom will not work.
This is for a government type end user. They wish to be having an internal meeting and be able to announce something – but require a push to talk button to speak. Thus the meeting can continue with the button released, then they can pause the meeting and push the button and speak more… Something like that is my understanding.
I hope that helps,
Jerry
Currently I have one of the new Ubiquity phones on my desk. There handsets have a mute button, or if you want a “speak” button, but a phone running under Android for government usage might leave some questions unanswered.
If your phones have some functions keys, you’d have a look at the MuteAudio function and map the states to DTMF sequences, which in turn are mapped to the function keys. This makes you rather independent from any hardware and you might adapt the behavior depending on what your clients wishes will finally be, if they ever find out themselves.
What I don’t understand is why the normal mute button on most headsets is not sufficient.
jg
Hello,
I understand you’d like something like this:
http://www.headsetzone.com/ptt.html
But with a headset, not a handset.
Right?
That is correct…
Thanks,
Jerry
You should be able to achieve this using any Quick Disconnect capable Plantronics headset and a PTT switch like Plantronics SSP1051 :
http://headsetplus.com/product1081/product_info.html
I guess other headset vendor may have similar solutions.
If I had this request from a customer, I’d give them a box that sits on the conference table with a big red light that lights when the ptt switch is on. Would work with a regular Plantronics, etc., headset. Check with these folks to make it work: http://www.sandman.com
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That is correct…
You should be able to achieve this using any Quick Disconnect capable Plantronics headset and a PTT switch like Plantronics SSP1051 :
http://headsetplus.com/product1081/product_info.html
I guess other headset vendor may have similar solutions.