[Asterisk-Users] Possible to display which extensions are in use on the phone's display?

[Peter Osborne]

We had the same with our old phone system, I replaced it be adding a little 
panel in our web based support system that shows extension status, call 
duration, etc. I used an iframe that refreshes every 5 seconds, I wrote a 
script in python that generates the data by watching the Asterisk Manager. 
I'm also using the Simple Manager Proxy to proxy the manager connections. 
This is only practical is your users all sit in front of PC's. If a web based 
application won't work, you could probably write a simple app to run in the 
systray of the various PC's that displays line/extension status.

Pete

On Wednesday 17 November 2004 12:45, Richard Hansberry wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> We're considering using Asterisk in our small (8 user)
> office.  There is one feature that we have on our
> current phone system that I haven't seen in the
> documentation that I've read that I'd like to be able
> to replicate with Asterisk.
>  
> On our current phones (Iwatsu) we have a button on the
> phones for each extension that lights up when that
> extension is ringing or is in a call, so I can see at
> a glance if one of my coworkers is on the phone before
> I go barging into his office.  Also, if I am in a
> coworker's office and my phone rings, I can hit my
> extension button on his phone and answer the call. 
>  
> Can this functionality be reproduced by Asterisk, and
> if so, which SIP handsets would you suggest using to
> do something like this?  Right now, I'm looking at the
> Cisco 7960, but I'm open to other options.
>  
> Thanks for your help,
>  
> Richard
>
>
>
>
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