[asterisk-users] AgentCallbackLogin() deprecated in 1.4

[Douglas Garstang]

Yes, we have issues with this application being removed as well. In my opinion, it's a loss of functionality.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Markus Bönke" [mailto:mbodbg at gmx.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 6:40 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Cc: mbodbg at gmx.net
> Subject: [asterisk-users] AgentCallbackLogin() deprecated in 1.4
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I've seen that the application AgentCallbackLogin()has been 
> set to deprecated in version 1.4. So I've done some tests 
> based on the tutorial "queues-with-callback-members.txt" 
> coming with version 1.4. 
> 
> What's not clear for me is what is happening to agents.conf, 
> it seems that it's no longer needed, and I have to define my 
> agents using variables in extensions.ael. The other thing is, 
> that "show agents" doesn't show me which agents are logged in 
> and if I use "show queue" I can see local channels attached 
> to a queue but no agents. For my point of view there is some 
> functionality lost with the new concept.
> 
> If I want to program a realtime display to show agentstates 
> in queues based on the output from "show queue", what's the 
> concept to map agents to the local channels? How can I 
> configure agents in future?
> 
> Any comments regarding that topic are appreciated.
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> 
> Markus
>  
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