[Asterisk-Users] Polycom-Asterisk hints/presence

[BJ Weschke]

On 6/1/06, Damon Estep <damon at suburbanbroadband.net> wrote:
> Thanks Bob,
>
> We have also done some similar stuff to make it usable, the prospect
> that we might be able to achieve the same functionality and add to it as
> a bonus the ability to monitor the boss's extension state (idle, on the
> phone, away) with the same button was appealing, but a dead end it
> appears.
>
> Is there enough interest here to get together with other
> Polycom/asterisk users and pony up a bounty for shared line appearance?
>
> I think the Polycom implementation is based on some SIP rfc, so it is
> not just a Polycom feature.
>
> The functionality is going to be a must at some point, you have to be
> able to emulate what most of the midrange PBXs can do to propose
> replacing them with asterisk, and this particular feature issue has come
> up more than once in our line of business.
>
> Anyone have any ideas what kind of project this might be?
>

 I would think the biggest issue with this at this point is because
Asterisk is not a SIP only platform, if one were to implement shared
line appearance, it would need to be designed in such a way that
channels other than SIP channels could participate in the "sharing" of
lines.

 It has been talked about a great deal, and at some point, it will
probably be done, but just being compliant with the SIP supported
methods of shared line appearance is not all that has to be done in
order to get this feature in.

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