[Asterisk-Dev] PBX status info

[asterisk at billheckel.com]

well show channels will give you half the picture, which lines are in use but it won't tell you
which extensions are in use.  That is a tougher problem since a physical ( or logical ) extension
can have many extensions and a single extension can have many physical ( logical ) channels
associated with it.

Image an extension like
exten => 1234,1,Dial(Zap/G4,800-999-0000)
where group 4 is an outbound T1 and that number is a trunk into another PBX so it can handle 100
calls.  If there is a call active should the extension show as in use or not?

or even
exten 4567,1,Dial(Zap/2)
exten 4567,102,Dial(Zap/3)
How would you handle that?

Bill

Jorge Merlino wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> I'd like to know if there is a way to know what extensions are in use at a 
> given point in time. I'm thinking in the equivalent of an operator console 
> which tells her the phones that are in use.
> I considered using the SQL base as the source of information for this, but the 
> info is only comitted to the base when the phone hangs up. I suppose I can 
> change the code to commit some information to the base when the conversation 
> is initiated and then commit the rest when it finishes, but I'd like to know 
> if any of you have another solution for this issue.
> 
> Regards,
> 	Jorge
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