[asterisk-users] Changing labels on Phones

[Jonathan Thurman]

> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Julian
>
> We have several types of phones, Cisco 79xx, Aastra 9133i etc. We have a
> "hotdesk" type system where anyone can log on to an extension - however what
> I would love to do is relabel the phone with the current "owner" when this
> logon happens. I know that I can change the sip.conf and phones tftp file,
> however this is a big problem with the Cisco's as they take *forever* (ok,
> maybe 2 / 3 minutes) to reboot (VLAN problem)
> 1) Has anyone actually solved this VLAN issue with the cisco ?
> 2) Is there any way of changing a label without rebooting the phone ?
> TIA

I have not personally tried this, but I remember someone had posted a
way to script the change of the background image on Cisco 79x1 phones.
 You could create a dynamic image in PHP that had the user info on it,
then kick off the script to change the background image.  Might be a
little tricky, but no reboot required!

-Jonathan