The ProVu team have now officially ditched their front door keys as a result of updating the door entry phone with the new Protalk RFID unit.

All members of staff can now use their RFID tags to gain access to the building. A door release button has also been fitted to exit the building.



The RFID unit is connected to electromagnetic door release locks enabling staff to enter without the need of a key.

In an instance where a visitor needs to be let in, a member of staff can simply type a pre-defined key sequence into their phone keypad to release the door locks.

Need somebody to to install your door entry unit and magnetic locks? Please send an email to contact@provu.co.uk and we'd be happy to give you our recommendations.


Find out more about the ProTalk RFID unit

We are pleased to announce that we have reached agreement with Baudisch of Germany to distribute their unique high quality range of SIP door entry systems.

The Baudisch range compliments and expands the range of IP door entry systems we currently distribute, particularly for the higher end specification products required for larger commercial and residential buildings. The units are smart, professional looking and built to last.

There are two model ranges available:

Baudisch integrated DoorStation
The DoorStationis an all-in-one integrated panel featuring a built in easy to navigate 100 user address book.

Baudisch Modular System
The Modular System consists of a robust range of modules enabling installers to build a solution that is specifically designed around a customers requirements. Modules include IP cameras, keypads, RFID proximity readers and touch screen comms panels. Combining any three of the modules with the IP65 housing will give you a fully IP65 rated SIP door entry solution.

The whole range is fully SIP compliant and has been through extensive testing with ProVu's technical team who have run interop tests with a wide range of SIP PBX systems and many leading Hosted Telephony providers.

More Information about our range of IP door entry equipment.

If you have any queries please give us a call on 01484 840048, alternatively send an email to contact@provu.co.uk

There are several ways a snom phone can get Caller ID Name for an inbound call.

The first is from the Invite message of the inbound call from the sending SIP end-point. If a "Name" part of the Caller ID exists then this will be used by the Snom phone to display the name on the screen.

The phone can also get a name from it's internal address book or an LDAP server if one is configured. However, it will only use this if there is no "Name" part of the Caller ID in the incoming Invite.

If you want to change this behaviour set this setting in the Snom phone's web interface:

• Advanced => Behaviour => Prioritise PBX Number Lookup

To "off". Then an internal address book or LDAP server will take precedence.

More information here:

Snom Wiki

We've taken stock of Vega gateways.

These are the products which were previously known as Vegastream. The whole product range has been bought by Sangoma. We are relaunching the products in the UK.

The products are all in one appliance gateways from SIP to PRI, BRI, FXS and FXO telephone connections.

You might use these for connecting a traditional PBX to SIP trunks.

On the FXS side, you can connect existing analogue lines to an modern IP pbx or hosted system.

Full details:
http://www.provu.co.uk/sangoma.html

By Graham Ferguson, Sr. International Product Manager on December 27, 2011

Once in a while you get a request from a channel partner that develops into a broader relationship. So it was in EMEA when a channel partner was looking into a customer request for a door-entry system compatible with the ShoreTel UC platform...

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