[asterisk-users] Light indicator managed by Asterisk

[Danny Nicholas]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jonas Kellens
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 12:28 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Light indicator managed by Asterisk
> 
> 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.
[Danny Nicholas] 
Try this
http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2011-May/262062.html