[asterisk-users] Light indicator managed by Asterisk

[Jonas Kellens]

On 05/12/2011 07:12 PM, Carlos Chavez wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 18:50 +0200, Jonas Kellens wrote:
>    
>> Hello,
>>
>> is there some way to make Asterisk light up a certain light on an
>> IP-phone ?
>>
>> Like MWI, the message waiting indicator can light up if there is
>> voicemail.
>>
>> Could this light, or even other lights (like BLF-buttons) be used to
>> give a visual notification to the user ?
>>
>> For example : if a certain value is set in the Mysql-DB and Asterisk
>> reads out this value, can Asterisk react upon it inside the dialplan
>> to make a light lit up ?
>>
>> 2nd example : if a certain extension is called, can we perform inside
>> the dialplan an action that makes a light lit up on a Snom or Yealink
>> IP-phone ?
>>
>> I don't know if all this is at all possible, but it doesn't harm
>> asking I guess...
>>
>> If BLF works, then maybe more things are possible in the same way.
>> Just thinking outside the box here.
>>
>>
>>      
> 	BLF lights can be manipulated with Hints and the DEVSTATE function to
> set custom device states.  This way you can have a BLF light react to
> any event you want.
>    

This means that extensions/hints need to be defined to be able to 
control a BLF-light that monitors this extension ?

I agree that this gives some control over a light/button on an IP-phone.


> 	The MWI can be manipulated in several ways.  Last week someone asked
> this question and got several answers.
>    


You don't perhaps have a link to the discussion ? I don't really follow 
this list constantly so I've certainly missed out on this subject.


Kind regards,
Jonas.