rnj@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (robert.n.jesse) (12/05/89)
More features I'd like to see added/fixed in the Panasonic 161610: o Allow one-keystroke dialing on proprietary sets of speed dial numbers (using the 12 memory buttons), LNR, and SNR. Pressing any of these while on-hook would imply "SP PHONE". o Be able to program "SP PHONE" (or ICM or CO) buttons in the station speed dial memories. The goal is to be able to program a button, DO NOT DISTURB, for example, that would, with a single keystroke, go off-hook (sp phone), dial *7110, wait for the confirmation tone, and go back on hook. o Momentarily drop loop current to a 2500-style station when disconnect is detected. This would allow me to connect my answering machine as an extension without having to wait several seconds for VOX disconnect on incoming messages. o Be able to program ringing phase for each station, so that physically nearby telephones ring simultaneously (subject to max current limitations). o Be able to assign different ringing cadences (selecting from maybe three or four options) to different CO lines so I can tell which is ringing without having to look at, or even have nearby, a proprietary telephone. o (This one takes hardware, obviously:) Decode Caller-ID on CO lines and send it to the LCD displays on the expensive proprietary telephones I've already bought. Robert Jesse rnj@attunix.att.com rjesse@oracle.com (starting mid-december)