[Asterisk-Users] External MW Lamp On/Off

[Greg Blakely]

Thank you.  That will probably get me to where I need to go. 

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> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dunc
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:19 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] External MW Lamp On/Off
> 
> Greg,
> 
>  > Yes, it helps quite a bit.  It shows me where Comedian 
> Mail spawns the
>  > external app.
>  >
>  > Do you have a copy of your SIP MWI script?  I may be able 
> to use it as a
>  > starting point.
> 
> FWIW, I've been using my extensions.conf to set/unset MWI on phones 
> attached to Cisco Call Manager - it's a bit of a hack but I couldn't 
> find anything better searching around.  We've got CM4 
> interconnected to 
> * with a SIP trunk.
> 
> To change the MWI status I spoof the caller ID and send a 
> call from * to 
> the CM set or unset number, which doesn't sound so different 
> from what 
> you need to do other than it's a SIP call that changes the 
> MWI.  I guess 
> you wouldn't need to worry about caller id as you'd be 
> dialling out on 
> an analogue line.
> 
> It's not very pretty, but it seems to work OK, the main 
> drawback is that 
> if a user retrieves their mail from someone else's phone the 
> light stays 
> lit.  I think that's fixable, but at the moment it's not a 
> big deal for me.
> 
> Extract below - 100 is the voicemail entry point, and the 600/700 
> sequences in the h extension deal with figuring out what to do after 
> exit from voicemail.
> 
> Dunc
> 
> ---
> 
> [globals]
> VMAIL=0
> [local]
> ; h - hangup
> ;
> exten => h,1,GotoIf($[${VMAIL} != 0]?600)
> exten => h,2,Hangup
> ;
> ; When exiting voicemail, check for new messages in the recipients
> ; mailbox and check that their MWI is set accordingly.  102022 at ccm
> ; unsets MWI, 112022 at ccm sets.  Silly numbers that came about from
> ; getting the config togther.  They need changing.
> ;
> ; This stuff actually needs to be in a context of its own, so that
> ; the h extension doesn't have to have the gotoif stuff. (maybe)
> exten => h,600,SetCIDNum(${VMAIL})
> exten => h,601,SetGlobalVar(VMAIL=0)
> exten => h,602,HasNewVoicemail(${CALLERIDNUM}@default:INBOX)
> exten => h,603,Dial(SIP/102022 at ccm)
> exten => h,604,Hangup
> exten => h,703,Dial(SIP/112022 at ccm)
> exten => h,704,Hangup
> ;
> ;
> ;
> ; Voicemail.
> ; First, check if the call is a redirection (ie someone
> ; being transferred in to leave a message) - CM redirects to 
> 1+<ccm ext>
> ; to indicate that this is the case.  Set $VMAIL to the destination
> ; mailbox for exit handling (ugly).
> ;
> ; If it's not a redirect, send to voicemail with the callerid as the
> ; mailbox, otherwise use the diversion field.
> exten => 100,1,Wait(1)
> exten => 100,2,GotoIf($[${RDNIS}:1....]?9)
> exten => 100,3,SetGlobalVar(VMAIL=${CALLERIDNUM})
> exten => 100,4,VoicemailMain(${CALLERIDNUM})
> exten => 100,5,Hangup
> exten => 100,9,SetGlobalVar(VMAIL=${RDNIS:1})
> exten => 100,10,Voicemail(u${RDNIS:1})
> exten => 100,11,Hangup
> 
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