[asterisk-users] Chef-secretary scenario

[Vazquez David]

Grygoriy Dobrovolskyy wrote:
> ok, so do you configured you snom phone tu subscribe to monito
> extension in asterisk ?
>
> It is simple to verify:
>
> core show hints
>
> Snom's behave exactly like you want when blf enabled.
>
> 2008/6/25 Vazquez David <vazquez at cross-solution.de
> <mailto:vazquez at cross-solution.de>>:
>
>     Gordon Henderson wrote:
>     > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Vazquez David wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >> Hi all,
>     >>
>     >> I'm trying to implement such a scenario where the "Chef" picks
>     up his
>     >> phone and his "secretary" can see that he is busy. Something
>     like blf, I
>     >> guess.
>     >>
>     >
>     > It's like BLF because that's exactly what it's for..
>     >
>     >
>     >> But so far I've only managed to notify the "secretary" that the
>     >> "chef" is receiving a call. I want to do it the other way around
>     >> though.  I'd like for her to see in her phone, the light
>     corresponding
>     >> to the "chef"'s extension light up whenever he uses the phone
>     (also when
>     >> he picks it up if that's possible).  So she should always know
>     when he's
>     >> busy.
>     >>
>     >
>     >
>     >> Is there a way to do that?
>     >>
>     >
>     > Yes. Configure hints in asterisk and BLF in the secretarys phone.
>     >
>     > I don't understand how you get notifications one way, but not
>     the other
>     > though (unless you're doing it by not using BLF)
>     >
>     > What phones have you got? What do your hints look like in the
>     > extensions.conf file?
>     >
>     > You can't get the status of lifting the handset on a SIP phone
>     though
>     > (well, not that I'm aware of)
>     >
>     > However, if it's an analogue phone on a TDM400 card (or
>     equivalent, I
>     > guess) then it does work and the BLF LED on my Grandstream phone
>     turns Red
>     > as soon as I take the analogue phone off-hook...
>     >
>     > So BLF is what you want, and optionally an analogue phone +TDM
>     card for
>     > the boss...
>     >
>     > Gordon
>     >
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>     My hints on extensions.conf:
>
>     » [exten15]
>     » include = numberplan-custom-1
>     » exten => 11,hint,SIP/12&SIP/11
>
>     Where numberplan-custom-1 defines the general rules to dial any
>     extension. And the secretary's phone (SIP/15) is subscribed to the
>     context [exten15]. Now, I don't know if that's the right way of
>     doing it
>     (I'm a total n00b, you can tell, huh?).
>
>     Oh, and I'm using Snoms. All Snoms. If there's not the possibility of
>     knowing when a phone is lifted up, no problem...
>
>     Thanks :)
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You mean like, from the web interface (Snom's) configure a function key
to an extension? I guess so. I configured a function key to be mapped to
an identity and then, instead of line, I told it to be an extension.
Finally I wrote the extension I wanted to monitor...

Anyways, in a couple of hours I'll try it again... Thanks for the help :-)