[Asterisk-Users] Polycom 600 presence indication on *LED*?

[Faris Raouf]

Jerry Jones wrote:
> Create a contact entry with their extension and enable buddy watch on it
> 
> It will then show up on an unused line key
> 
> 
> On May 27, 2006, at 3:26 PM, Faris Raouf wrote:
> 
>> I've somehow managed to battle may way through hinting issues with 
>> type=peer type=friend and various other oddities and now have presence 
>> working correctly on my Polycom 600 and Grandstream GXP-2000 phones.
>>
>> However, on the Polycom I have to press the Buddies softkey in order 
>> to see if an extension with a hints priority is in use or not.
>>
>> I've spent all day going through google and my local archive of the 
>> mailing list, and from what I can see it appears that I should be able 
>> to set up one of the 6 "line" keys on the left of the phone to somehow 
>> show presence indications. But I simply cannot figure out how. I only 
>> know how to configure a line key as, well, a line key (i.e. mapped to 
>> a particular SIP registration in sip.conf).
>>
>> What do I need to do in order to get a nice LED or something to flash 
>> or light up or whatever on the phone to show that a particular 
>> extension on another phone is in use?
>>
>> This is driving me totally insane. Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Faris.
>>
>>

 >>>>>> It will then show up on an unused line key

That was the key! I had all my line keys in use. I got rid of one that I 
didn't really need, and BOOM! It works.

Thanks!

Faris.