Aastra releases RP to SIP conversion firmware for Aastralink RP phones

Aastra released an RP to SIP conversion firmware today. This is designed to help customers of AastraLink RP phones to re-use their existing phones with standard SIP based phone systems and soft switches.

The Aastralink RP phones were originally designed to work only with Microsoft Response Point phone systems including the Aastralink Pro RP system. Since the fate of Response Point is up in the air with Microsoft’s plans for further development on hold, some customers are looking for alternate solutions in case they outgrow RP or in case Microsoft decides to pull the plug on it.

This conversion release provides some investment protection for AastraLink RP customers since it helps simplify the upgrade path by preserving the customer’s investment in phones. This release will change the firmware in the Response Point phone to that of an Aastra standards-based SIP phone – allowing it to be used with standard based SIP PBXs such as the Aastralink Pro 160, 3CX, pbxnsip, Trixbox and hosted soft-switches, such as Asterisk, MetaSwitch and BroadSoft. The conversion process is easily accomplished through the phone’s Web UI, requiring only a TFTP server and the firmware downloaded from our website.

The new conversion firmware can be downloaded here.