[Asterisk-Users] RE: Asterisk-Users Digest, Vol 3, Issue 185

[Christopher Jacob]

I agree with the DND setting on the phone. This would be my ideal solution.
The only problem is, if the user forgets to set it and we ring X number of
times, I need to set it programmatically. Do you know of anyway I can do
this?

~c

Message: 9
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:36:14 -0500
From: Eric Wieling <eric at fnords.org>
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] DND on SIP
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Joseph wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 07:59, Kevin Walsh wrote:
> 
>>Paul Crick [web-asterisk-users at ivrl.com] wrote:
>>
>>On the Cisco 7960, I prefer to use the built-in DND facility.
>>Switch it on with the "Settings-6-Yes-Save-Back" sequence, which is
>>easy to remember once you've done it a few times.  To switch it off,
>>simply press the "DBD" soft-key that should have been present in the
>>first place.
>>
>>The beauty of this method is the fact that the phone will tell you when
>>it's in DND mode.  Other methods, involving AstDB etc., will not.
>>I imagine that something could be done to change the dial tone, or
>>something, when an AstDB-implemented DND mode is in use, but this would
>>involve more work.
>>
>>The Cisco always displays a CFwdALL button, and tells you when forwarding
>>is in effect, so perhaps something could be done with that - if being
>>reminded that you're in "DND" mode is important to you.