[Asterisk-Users] I don't know the name of this feature...

[Reid A. Forrest]

> Currently, our office phone systems have 6 outside lines 
> coming in.  The 
> actual phones have lights ( indicators ) for these lines, so matter 
> where you are in the office, you can look at the phones and see that 
> someone is on line #2 ( for instance ).  I am not 100%, but I suspect 
> that all of these indicators are specifically tied to a 
> specific line.  
> I know this is the case with the last 2 lines, which are tied to 
> different phone numbers all together.
> 
> What is this feature called?  Can asterisk do it?
> 

Sean,
This topic was discussed at length just a short while back (maybe two weeks
ago?). Your phone system is called a key system, and Asterisk, being a PBX
does not operate that way. Search back through the archives for "key system"
and you should find the relevant threads.