[asterisk-users] Light indicator managed by Asterisk

[Carlos Chavez]

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 22:17 +0200, Jonas Kellens wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I must say that I have succeeded in working with DEVSTATE to get a 
> BLF-light in several colors. Which works great for what I want. Thank 
> you for the feedback.
> 
> 
> Do you think it is also possible to get info displayed on the screen of 
> the IP-phone ? Any idea how that would work ? Something tells me that 
> this will depend on the brand/type of IP-phone.
> 
> 
	Aastra phones have a very good XML browser.  You can use an API to send
messages and configuration to the phone.

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Telecomunicaciones Abiertas de México S.A. de C.V.
Carlos Chávez Prats
Director de Tecnología
+52-55-91169161 ext 2001
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