[Asterisk-Users] Able to tell if phone is registered?

[Tim Pushor]

>
> No, there is no cleaner way, because it's too channel specific and it 
> might change after you ask for the status anyway... regexten is really 
> what you want.
>
> I do have a pending patch in bug 3626 that would help; it deactivates 
> an entire context if a peer is unregistered, or is registered and 
> stops communicating... if you put the peers you care about each into 
> their own contexts that would suffice. That patch will be expanded to 
> include replacement regexten functionality as well.
>
> What value do you see in knowing whether the peer is registered or not 
> before trying to dial it?
>
It may sound dumb, but I would like the sytem to announce that it is 
attempting to dial my softphone before it does, as there can be a 
noticable quality/reliability drop (when sending the call out to me via 
SIP/VPN at a client site), that is acceptable as I am able to take calls 
remotely, but I would like to let the person at the other end know first ..

Thanks,
Tim