[Asterisk-Users] Hinting

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Aaron Daniel wrote:
> Of the people in here that have hinting working with the polycom 601's
> (or any phone for that matter)... do you have it working so that the
> shared line appearance shows that there's someone on the phone?  If so,
> any hints on how to do it?

It's not a shared line appearance. If you are using 'shared'
registrations, it will likely not work properly with Asterisk since
Asterisk does not yet support the draft protocol for doing them.

Just add a 'buddy' to the phone's directory and set 'watch' to yes; then
the button's light will show whether that channel is busy or not.
However, depending on the channel type, the definition of 'busy' can
vary... for Zap, it's obvious, but for SIP and IAX2, it is less clear.