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

[Noah Miller]

>>> 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

Hey Thanks for the info!  Wow, that makes the Snom 190/200 perfect for 
a small office of 2-6 users.  You can switch them away from their old 
crappy PBX, and you don't even have to retrain them!