SV: [Asterisk-Users] Presence and IM?

[Juraj Bednar]

Hello,

> > We have been running Asterisk for about a month now and one of the
> > things I miss the most is the ability to se who's online and
> > available and who's not. Surely, there's the manager interface, but
> > unless you'd want to install extra software on each client computer,
> > this is not a good option.
> >
> > Then there's the presence / IM function in SIP. Since we're only
> > using SIP clients, this could easily solve some of our problems.
> > However, I cannot get this to work with Asterisk using Eyebeam. Is
> > this because the function is simply not supported within Asterisk?
> >
> > If lack of support is the case, anyone knows if this feature is to
> > be implemented in the near future?

I have the same problem and am seeking for few weeks for a suitable
solution... If
you'll figure out something, please let me know.

> We use Polycom IP500s which when used with a 'hint' in extensions.conf,
> can show presence via the 'buddy list.'

could you post a snippet?

Does this "hint" work as a presence agent and sending notifies? Does
IM work with asterisk?

I would really like to support presence in Asterisk with Eyebeam as a
client. SIP Express
Router has this ability, but it's not a good choice either. Maybe it
would be possible to
port this feature from SER? 


  Juraj.