[asterisk-users] Light indicator managed by Asterisk

[Carlos Chavez]

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 18:50 +0200, Jonas Kellens wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> is there some way to make Asterisk light up a certain light on an
> IP-phone ?
> 
> Like MWI, the message waiting indicator can light up if there is
> voicemail.
> 
> Could this light, or even other lights (like BLF-buttons) be used to
> give a visual notification to the user ?
> 
> For example : if a certain value is set in the Mysql-DB and Asterisk
> reads out this value, can Asterisk react upon it inside the dialplan
> to make a light lit up ?
> 
> 2nd example : if a certain extension is called, can we perform inside
> the dialplan an action that makes a light lit up on a Snom or Yealink
> IP-phone ?
> 
> I don't know if all this is at all possible, but it doesn't harm
> asking I guess...
> 
> If BLF works, then maybe more things are possible in the same way.
> Just thinking outside the box here.
> 
> 
	BLF lights can be manipulated with Hints and the DEVSTATE function to
set custom device states.  This way you can have a BLF light react to
any event you want.

	The MWI can be manipulated in several ways.  Last week someone asked
this question and got several answers.

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Carlos Chávez Prats
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