[asterisk-users] Light indicator managed by Asterisk

[Eric Wieling]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
> Jonas Kellens
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 1:28 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Light indicator managed by Asterisk
>
> On 05/12/2011 07:12 PM, Carlos Chavez wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> This means that extensions/hints need to be defined to be able to
> control a BLF-light that monitors this extension ?
>
> I agree that this gives some control over a light/button on
> an IP-phone.
>
>
> >     The MWI can be manipulated in several ways.  Last week
> someone asked
> > this question and got several answers.
> >
>
>
> You don't perhaps have a link to the discussion ? I don't
> really follow
> this list constantly so I've certainly missed out on this subject.

pbx*CLI> core show application minivmmwi

  -= Info about application 'MinivmMWI' =-

[Synopsis]
Send Message Waiting Notification to subscriber(s) of mailbox.

[Description]
This application is part of the Mini-Voicemail system, configured in "min
ivm.conf".
MinivmMWI is used to send message waiting indication to any devices whose
channels have subscribed to the mailbox passed in the first parameter.

[Syntax]
MinivmMWI(username at domain,urgent,new,old)

[Arguments]
username
    Voicemail username
domain
    Voicemail domain
urgent
    Number of urgent messages in mailbox.
new
    Number of new messages in mailbox.
old
    Number of old messages in mailbox.

[See Also]
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