[Asterisk-Users] GXP-2000 and Shared Line Appearances

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That feature is called Bridged (or Shared) line appearance.  That is one of
the things Asterisk cannot do and nobody seems very interested in making it
do that because it is apparently not easy.  There has been some talk about
implementing it but so far there does not seem to be any progress.

I was actually quite surprised to learn that it didn't do that. I am also
surprised that there doesn't seem to be much interest by developers in
general to make it do that even thought it is a deal killer for a lot of
people.

I would really like to see that feature myself as I have had to turn away
potential business because of the lack of that one feature.  If I could
write code I'd try do it myself. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Salama [mailto:lists at infoway.net] 
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:00 AM
> To: Non-Commercial Discussion Asterisk
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] GXP-2000 and Shared Line Appearances
> 
> I have a client with 20 GXP-2000s. Everything seems to be 
> working fine. However, after a couple of weeks of use, the 
> client is having a hard time adjusting to the new IP based 
> phone systems and only misses one feature from their old 
> Lucent system.
> 
> That is, they had 8 analog lines before and all their old 
> Lucent phones showed a button for each line. So, it was easy 
> for anyone to say, pick up line 2 or anyone to see which 
> lines were in use.
> 
> Is it possible to use the GXP-2000 line buttons or extension 
> buttons to show the lines in use, shared by all phones. Since 
> the client is purchasing 8 "virtual lines", I have them 
> restricted in a call group and also with incoming and 
> outgoing call limits. Is it possible for all the GXP-2000s to 
> show that line 1 is in use, and so on?
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
> 
> 
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