I'm not frustrated. I just don't understand the lingo or how phone systems on this scale are supposed to work. This has been quit the education. I guess I won't mess with BLF until I don't have anything better to do.
Thanks, teacher. On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Andrew Latham <[email protected]>wrote: > Bob > > This is an interesting topic that causes a lot of frustration for new > users and even implementors/developers like myself. The light on your > phone is referred to as many things but mostly it is known as a "Busy > Lamp Field" or a "Feature Key". In phone systems larger than yours > this function is omitted do to scale (100 users seeing 100 other users > activity is a waste of resources). What you are likely going to do is > setup your Grandstream phones to subscribe to each others extension so > that you can see when each other is on the phone. Your analog phones > will not do this sort of setup unless you have ADSI or some silly > feature. > > Don't get frustrated with this Bob, you may get it working the way you > want and realize that you really didn't need it. Asterisk is not a > Key or Centrex system and it can only mimic the way those systems > work... > > > ~ > Andrew "lathama" Latham > [email protected] > > * Learn more about OSS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software > * Learn more about Linux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux > * Learn more about Tux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Bob Crandell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You completely lost me on this. What is "BLF"? > > Is the setting to enable/disable this in the GUI or the phone or both? > > Where? > > > > I kind of understand the link you included but I don't know where to make > > the changes. > > > > Thanks for trying and sorry for being so dense. > > Bob > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Andrew Latham < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> You are talking about having the BLF on the Granstream subscribe to > >> the other extensions.... > >> > >> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/SIP+method+subscribe > >> > >> This is commonly used when a user or group is used to a Key or Centrex > >> system. > >> > >> > >> ~ > >> Andrew "lathama" Latham > >> [email protected] > >> > >> * Learn more about OSS > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software > >> * Learn more about Linux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux > >> * Learn more about Tux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Bob Crandell <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Hi All, > >> > > >> > We are creeping forward on our Asterisk 1.6.0.9 installation and ran > >> > into > >> > another question: We have 2 Grandstream GXP2020 phones and 2 analog > >> > Uniden > >> > 2-line phones. I was expecting that when a line was busy that a light > >> > or > >> > message would show up on the other phones. First, is there a setting > >> > that I > >> > can get to in the GUI that controls this? Second, do I have the wrong > >> > phones for this? If they are the wrong phones, what do you like? > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > -- > >> > Bob Crandell > >> > Assured Computing, Inc. > >> > 541-868-0331 > >> > ComputerBase > >> > 541-349-0404 > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > >> > > >> > asterisk-gui mailing list > >> > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-gui > >> > > > > > >
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