[Asterisk-Users] Snom 220 (or other phones) - line apperances?

[Henry Devito]

>> Essentially I wish to have buttons on a panel (like the Snom 220's
>> extension board) that show when people are on the phone or off the
>> phone for a receptionist.
>
>As far as I know, you can't do this with asterisk, at least not easily. 
>  From what I've read, most people call this "shared lines" or something 
>similar.  I've heard that MGCP does support something similar to this, 
>but that Asterisk does not specifically support it.

Ahh, but you can with some phones....Look at the hint() Priority