[Asterisk-Users] Polycom-Asterisk hints/presence

[BJ Weschke]

On 6/1/06, Damon Estep <damon at suburbanbroadband.net> wrote:
> Changing the subject back to the original topic;
>
> Is there bug in the asterisk hint/presence implementation, or an
> intentional omission, or a lack of understanding on my part?
>
> A SIP debug of a subscribed extension shows that asterisk only sends the
> SIP presence notification to the subscriber when a call starts ringing,
> and then when it is hung up.
>
> A "show hints" reveals that asterisk changes the hint state twice, once
> from idle to ringing, and again from ringing to inuse, but it does not
> notify the subscriber on the change from ringing to inuse.
>
> Here are the relevant packets for a hint extension subscriber during the
> time where the state changed both times, note that the first change goes
> right to "on the phone", but the notify was sent when the ringing
> started, not when the call was answered.
>

 I think there was a patch that went in recently from Mark with regard
to SIP devices and their state when they are ringing/in use and when
they are just "in use". That may help you with what you're asking
about.

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