[asterisk-users] Shared line appearance phones?

[Mark Wiater]

Russell Bryant wrote:
> Ron McCarthy wrote:
>> Asterisk 1.4 im guessing? I did not know the Snom's worked with that,
>> Ill have to check it out then!
> 
> The way it is implemented in Asterisk is a bit interesting.  It uses the
> existing device state support (hints, BLF) to manage the buttons for shared
> lines.  Asterisk changes the state of these virtual "shared lines" to different
> states, and the light on the phone reflects the state (in use, ringing, on hold).

I fought with this in 1.4.5 with polycom phones. I was hoping to share a DID from a PRI on several
Polycom IP430's.

Might you be willing to share some specific configurations for such a situation?

thanks

mark