Aastra releases updated firmware for AastraLink RP

This just came from Aastra:
Maintenance release 2.1.1.123 for AastraLink RP™ phones is now available on the AastraLink RP™ website. This release includes both performance and feature enhancements including:
• Improved “Blue button” response time (removing dialtone and ringing for blue button presses)
• CT handset improvements, including visual voicemail notifications
• DTMF support for external IVRs using Early [...]

RP Roadmap Published

Here is a screen shot of the roadmap that we saw during the Town Hall meeting with the Response Point team yesterday.

New firmware released for AastraLink RP

Aastra has release updated firmware for their AastraLink RP phones.
The new version is 2.1.1_rp.118.
Here’s the release notes with the changes since the last public version (114):
2.1.1_rp.118
-Fix for phone freeze when answering a call as part of a group or attended transfer
-Top 2 programmable keys on the model 6753i RP specifically are now unlocked in the [...]

CMP to exit the Response Point market

I’ve just been told that CMP are no longer going to be reselling the Syspine Response Point system.  In fact they will be exiting the Response Point market with immediate effect.
I would like to thank the team at CMP, especially Jerry Moore, for being a large part of the birth of Response Point, and for [...]

Rex Backman to speak at SoCal Asterisk User Group

Exciting news – Rex Backman, from the Response Point team at Microsoft, will be speaking at the SoCal Asterisk User Group meeting in Irvine, CA tomorrow evening (Thu 9/18).
The meeting is free and open to the public.  
The meeting is held at Heritage Park Library in Irvine, Ca. The library is located on the north-west corner [...]

X.D. Huang in the news

TMCNet has interviewed the General Manager of the Response Point team, X.D. Huang.
Check it out here.

Would you use a T-1 gateway?

Hi folks.
We’re curious to know how many of you would be interested in a T-1 gateway for Response Point, if one were available. Don’t get all excited – we’re not suggesting that we know anything you don’t, but nevertheless we’re interested to know how many of you would use such a device.

Syspine phone switch problem

We’re seeing problems from some of our customers on certain Syspine phones. Users see slow data-transfer rates on their computers when the computer is daisy-chained through the phone. The problem doesn’t exist on all phones. We’re trying to find out if this is related to certain batches of phones.
If you’ve seen this [...]

Features Poll

We’re just finishing up the Aastra RP Review.  While you’re waiting, tell us what you think is the single most important feature that needs to be added to Response Point in a future release.

Service Pack 1 released

Service Pack 1 has been officially released.
You can download the main Service Pack from Microsoft here. You’ll need to register to pull the download, which is 97.5MB in size.
Firmware for the D-Link is located here.
Firmware for the Syspine is located here and docs are located here.
No firmware upgrade is required for the Aastra – it’s already SP1.
Andrew.