damon, i think many guys here missed your point and went away from it.
What you want to do is possible: i managed to do that using a GXP-2000
with beta firmare and asterisk 1.2.0.<br>
GXP correctly processes the "status change messages" and show a
blinking led for the BLF of a ringing extension. The GXP, when you
press a "blinking BLF", dials out the blf extension prefixed with '**'.
In the dialplan i only needed to do a:<br>
<br>
exten => _**XXX,1,Pickup(${EXTEN:2})<br>
<br>
to answer the ringing remote extension.<br>
So, IMHO, it's only a matter of the phone. This is not a true "shared
line", but does its job well letting an assistant answer his boss'
phone.<br>
AFAIK, Snoms do a similar thing, dialing out *8<BLF extension> when pressing a ringing button. <br>
<br>
Hope this helps....<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2006/6/2, Damon Estep <<a href="mailto:damon@suburbanbroadband.net">damon@suburbanbroadband.net</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> ><br>><br>> I think there was a patch that went in recently from Mark with regard<br>> to SIP devices and their state when they are ringing/in use and when<br>> they are just "in use". That may help you with what you're asking
<br>> about.<br>><br>Let's assume for a minute that there is a way to get a ringing notify,<br>and that the Polycom processes the messages and properly displays the<br>status, then;<br><br>1. A hint could be setup that monitors the sip user.
<br>2. the hint could have a unique extension<br>3. the dialplan for the extension could be a call pickup sequence.<br><br>Example (without regard for correct syntax)<br><br>Exten 123,hint,SIP/345<br>Exten,123,1,(Need help here -> if sip/345 is idle then goto priority 3)
<br>Exten 123,2,Pickup(SIP/345@context)<br>Exten 123,3,Dial(SIP/345)<br><br>Now, on the Polycom<br><br>1. setup a buddy with the correct display name for exten 345, but with,<br>but with a contact address of 123<br>2. turn on presence monitoring (buddy watch in Polycom terms)
<br><br>Do you see the value in knowing that an extensions is ringing via<br>presence?<br><br>Take it one step further, ask Polycom to implement a feature where the<br>presence status of ringing can produce an audible event instead of only
<br>visual events. That is, if it does not already, which I have no idea on.<br>_______________________________________________<br>--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by <a href="http://Easynews.com">Easynews.com</a> --<br>
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