[Asterisk-Dev] Re: multiple registrations of same credentials

[Jonathan k. Creasy]

Thank you very much! I will now research and learn about this using the
proper terminology. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-dev-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kevin P. Fleming
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 4:41 PM
> To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] Re: multiple registrations of same
credentials
> 
> Jonathan k. Creasy wrote:
> > I am reading this because I would like to have a shared line
appearance,
> > or at least I think I would. The goal is to have several phones with
a
> > single line and when it's busy on one, it's busy on all of them.
It's
> > been requested by several users, most of them so that a secretary
can
> > monitor the lines of 5 or 6 different people.
> 
> Multiple registrations have nothing to do with shared line
appearances.
> 
> > Can someone respond to me off list and assist me in understanding
how to
> > make use of this information? I'm a programmer but I haven't done
custom
> > coding on Asterisk as of yet.
> 
> Shared line appearances are hard to implement with Asterisk, and even
> harder to understand when the concept of a 'line' does not really
exist
> at all (like when VOIP trunks are in use). We have talked about ways
of
> getting there, but it will not be easy.

Yeah, customers have a really hard time understanding this though. They
still think of the phone world in terms of lines. 

> 
> If what you want is shared extension appearances, so an admin person
can
> see whether other people are on the phone and see the light blink when
> their phone is ringing, that can be done today using SIP presence and
> dialplan hints. This is _not_ shared lines, though.

I was using the wrong terms. :)

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