mod_skinny for FusionPBX

[Robert Birch]

I am looking at using Cisco 7942 SCCP phones with FusionPBX. I can see that FreeSwitch has a mod_skinny.so that is supposed to work with the phones, but I don't see that modules available with FusionPBX.

Is there a place to get other modules, or can I build them?

Any information on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Robert Birch

 

[DigitalDaz]

Try

apt-get install freeswitch-mod-skinny

After that you can get the module to autoload by adding it to modules.conf.xml

There is definitely nothing to handle it via the gui though that I am aware of.

Everyone I know of that uses the older Ciscos converts them to SIP.

 

[Robert Birch]

Haha. Don't I feel like an idiot.

Never even thought to check the repository. Was thing it would be done by compiling source.

I will download that and give it a shot. Thanks for the quick reponse.

I have tried using 7940/7960 with SIP firmware on a CudaTel device (runs FreeSwitch), but had problems with them dropping registrations and just not generally being reliable. Maybe they are different with Fusion.

Thanks for the help,
Bob

 

[DigitalDaz]

They are just crap with NAT to be honest. I have a 7960 on my desk, have had it for a good 5 years, love the speakerphone on it but I have had to port forward to handle it. I have a few 7940s in the field too.

 

[Robert Birch]

If the phones were behind a firewall and connecting to the FusionPBX in house, would they work fine as SIP phones? That would remove the NAT as the FusionPBX box would handle that. Or if I left them as SCCP. Reason is, I have a ton of 7940/7960 phones that I want to use as temporary phone system for a client, but I need to work well.

Thanks,
Bob

 

[DigitalDaz]

They should be great with SIP on a LAN