SV: [Asterisk-Users] Presence and IM?

[rsenykoff at harrislogic.com]

> 
> We have been running Asterisk for about a month now and one of the 
> things I miss the most is the ability to se who’s online and 
> available and who’s not. Surely, there’s the manager interface, but 
> unless you’d want to install extra software on each client computer,
> this is not a good option.
> 
> Then there’s the presence / IM function in SIP. Since we’re only 
> using SIP clients, this could easily solve some of our problems. 
> However, I cannot get this to work with Asterisk using Eyebeam. Is 
> this because the function is simply not supported within Asterisk?
> 
> If lack of support is the case, anyone knows if this feature is to 
> be implemented in the near future?
> 

We use Polycom IP500s which when used with a 'hint' in extensions.conf, 
can show presence via the 'buddy list.'

-Ron