Voicemail, Messages URI and Message Waiting Indicator

[ajohns]

I am new at this, so forgive me if I am asking dumb questions. So far, I have been pretty successful at getting the 3CX PBX up and running with two Cisco 7960G phones. They are able to call each other with no problem. I am trying to figure out the voicemail access though. I know that I can call extension 999 to access voicemail, but am wondering if I can program the Messages URI setting on the 7960G in such a way that the user doesn't have to enter his/her extension when calling from that phone.

More importantly than that, is there a way to program the 7960G so that the messages waiting indicator works?

Also, is there any way yet to set the maximum length of a voicemail message?

Thanks,
Andy

 

[DaveIW]

Good question.

I've just bought a couple of 7940 phones and would like to be able to just press the Messages button and have it dial..

Any one got any idea?
Cheers

 

[DaveIW]

Got it sorted, so I'd like to share how...

Place the following line in your SIPxxxxxxxx.cnf file (were x is your phones mac address)
This file is located on your tftp server

messages_uri: 500

500 = your voicemail access number (999 by default)