Phones & PBX

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(BAMphone) Bay Area Mesh Phone Exchange

The Bay Area Mesh's Phone Exchange, called BAMphone.

BAMphone is ACTIVE :-)

(WiMETS) Wireless Mesh Emergency Telephone System

DEPRECIATED  :-(

MESH Phone

The following was compiled by Mark N2MH. The original (and up to date) version can be found here.

N2MH has also provided links to his documentation .

Phones

The following table summarizes phones that various hams have successfully used on the Mesh.

Model POE * Local Power Web Interface tftp Setup Instructions Comments
Cisco http://www.cisco.com
7940 Yes 48V DC Partial Required 2 lines; need to load SIP; see N4SV comments
7961 Yes 48V DC Partial Required Up to 6 lines; need to load SIP; see N4SV comments
Grandstream http://www.grandstream.com
GXP-1450 No 5V DC Yes Yes 2 lines
GXP-1620/GXP-1625 1625 only 5V DC Yes Firmware updates

also via http or https

2 lines; Both models are the same phone - only 1625 supports POE
GXP-2000 Yes 5V DC Yes Yes Up to 4 lines
GXP-2140 Yes 12V DC yes yes Up to 4 lines;
GXP-2160 Yes 12V DC yes yes Up to 6 lines; has extra speed dial buttons programmable through the web interface.
GXP-2200 Yes 12V DC Yes Yes Similar to 2160; no extra speed dial buttons; nice video phone with Android but no built-in camera (ie, receive only)
GXV3240 Yes Yes
  • Video phone
  • Runs Android
GXV3275 Yes Yes
  • Video phone with large, built-in screen
  • Runs Android
  • Big brother to GXV3240
  • Too many features to list
  • See comments in another Forum post about this phone
HT503 No 12V DC Yes ? 2-port ATA 1-FXO 1-FXS
HT701 No 12V DC Yes ? 1-Port ATA FXS
DP715/DP710 No Base: 6v wall wart

Portable: 2 rech. AAA batteries

Yes Yes
  • DP715: Base unit
  • DP710: portable units (5 max)
  • One ip address shared by all portable units
Linksys

(now Cisco)

SPA503G 5V DC Yes 3 Lines
SPA504G Yes 5V DC Yes
  • 4 Lines
  • End of Life has been announced on 2018-08-13
SPA941 No 5V DC Yes
  • Discontinued
  • Designed for use with SPA9000 system.
  • See comments from KC8RGO in two messages below.
Nortel
1535 No 12V DC No ?
  • Config via manual pushbutton menu
  • Older video phone
  • Many units have Turkish Telecom flash screen on boot up
  • Can do video calls
  • Can receive direct IP calls but cannot make direct IP calls, so calls must be set up with SIP
Obihai http://www.obihai.com
Obi1062 Yes 12V DC Yes ? See W7REJ comments below
Polycom http://www.polycom.com
SoundPoint 32x Yes 24V DC Yes Yes 2 lines
SoundPoint 33x Yes 24V DC Yes Yes 2 lines
SoundStation IP 5000 Yes POE only Yes ftp 1 line; local power via POE injector only
VVX410 Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 lines
SNOM http://www.snom.com
300 5V DC Yes
Yealink http://www.yealink.com
W60B Yes PoE only Yes ? Setup Instructions
  • Base station is PoE
  • Handset is wireless.
SIP-T22P Yes 5V DC Yes Yes
  • 3 lines/3 accounts
  • full featured phone
  • Discontinued
SIP-T54W Yes 5V DC Yes Yes
  • 10 lines/10 accounts
  • full featured phone
  • Nice color display

* POE here means managed 48 Volt POE (IEEE 802.3), such as obtained from an ethernet switch. It does not mean passive 12/24V power as used by a Ubiquiti node or an external 12V power supply.