[asterisk-users] Hints

[Ken Williams]

I used to run Asterisk 1.4.4 but had to revert back to 1.2.13 to
minimize a bug we were coming across.  1.4.5 looked promising, but the
hints are broken and making it so I'll likely have to go back to 1.2.13
until I get the hints fixed.  I'm using Grandstream phones & hints on
the parked extensions.  I should also clarify that when I upgraded
versions, I renamed all Asterisk folders (/var/log /var/lib /usr/lib
/var/spool) so I could have a 'clean' install of 1.4.5.  
 
There's a few things that are happening on hints.  First, on a fresh
reboot, despite the server saying all hints are "IDLE" the Grandstream
phones light up as if INUSE.  This has never happened across umpteen
different versions of Asterisk I've ran.  The fix is to actually put the
parked extensions INUSE and clear them, then they function fine...for a
bit.
 
The second problem is, after about an hour, hints just stop working.
Well, hints actually work, but the phones stop watching.  
 
                    205 at parkedcalls         : park:205 at parkedcalls
State:Idle            Watchers 29
                    204 at parkedcalls         : park:204 at parkedcalls
State:Idle            Watchers 29
                    203 at parkedcalls         : park:203 at parkedcalls
State:Idle            Watchers 29
                    202 at parkedcalls         : park:202 at parkedcalls
State:Idle            Watchers 29
                    201 at parkedcalls         : park:201 at parkedcalls
State:Idle            Watchers 29

The watchers in an hour or so after a fresh reboot will drop to 0, I
believe it has to do with when the phone reregisters.
 
Which brings me to the third problem (directly related to a phone
reregistering).  After a fresh reboot, if I reboot all phones before any
calls get parked, all phones work properly (for an hour anyway).
However, if I reboot a phone *after* a calls been placed on hold, the
hints do not work for that phone and the Watchers doesn't get updated
(say I have Watches:28 and I plug another phone in, it should go to 29
but it won't unless I restart Asterisk).
 
So somewhere I've got something messed up.  Not sure where to look, it
seems odd that as soon as the parking lot is used (and a hint updated)
it kills any new watchers from attaching, as well as all watchers drop
off after an hour.
 
Any thoughts on where to look?
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