[Asterisk-Users] Anyone parked in your Asterisk?

[BJ Weschke]

On 11/21/05, Alexander Lopez <alex.lopez at opsys.com> wrote:
>
> Does it hold state information for any channel? Even ZAP, IAX,
> etc....!!!
>
> If it does, Olle, you have just placed us one step closer to being able
> to emulate a Key system!!!
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
> > Olle E. Johansson
> > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 11:45 AM
> > To: Users Asterisk
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Anyone parked in your Asterisk?
> >
> > Based on a discussion on the IRC a long time ago (several
> > days) I've created a patch for 1.2 in the bug tracker that
> > allows you to see if a parking lot is occupied or not -
> > provided you use the Flash panel or SIP subscriptions.
> >
> > What you do:
> > * Patch the 1.2 source with the patch in
> >   http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=5779
> >
> > * Add an extension in your dialplan with a hint that uses the local
> >   channel (yes, the patch adds device state to the local channel)
> >
> >   exten=> 100,hint,local/701 at parkedcalls
> >
> > * Add a subscription to this extension in a SIP phone, like Eye-beam
> >
> > * As soon as there's a call parked on that parking log (701), you will
> >   see it visually - how depends on the phone.
> >
> > This hack possibly have other uses as well, feel free to explore.
> > If it doesn't work, tell me more in the bug tracker. If it
> > does work, tell me about it in the bug tracker.
> >

 I believe it holds state information for parked channels by using the
Local channel to get at the status of the parked extensions. It's a
very nice new feature, no doubt.

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