I think it's something that has to be handled in Asterisk as well. The polycom has a facility for providing this information, but Asterisk needs to be able to capture and store the presence/status information for the set.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Chad Osmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: February 8, 2007 10:07 AM > To: Jim Van Meggelen > Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Any ideas on how to query a set > for it's status before trying to send a call to it? > > This would be ideal for people that had their phones set as > part of a queue. > If a queue member had their phone forwarded to an outside > line all queue calls get sent there after ringing for a quick seconds. > > Really messed things up (until you disable the button). > > If you could query the phone to see if it's forwarded you > could tell the Queue not to call it. > > Maybe this is something to submit to Polycom? > > Chad > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Van Meggelen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: February 7, 2007 1:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [on-asterisk] Any ideas on how to query a set for > it's status before trying to send a call to it? > > I want to put something in the dialplan that would check the > set to see if it was call forwarded before trying to place a > call to it. If the set is not forwarded, then ring it, but if > it is forwarded, then grab that info and use it elsewhere. > > This is for Polycom sets, but could apply elsewhere I > suppose. The trick I guess would be to ask the set "what > would happen if" without actually sending the invite. Kind of > a pseudo-invite, if you will. > > Any ideas? > > Jim > > > -- > Jim Van Meggelen > Core Telecom Innovations > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.coretel.ca > 416-425-6111 x6001 > 877-CORETEL x6001 (Canada) > IAX2:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/6001 > www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.30/674 - Release > Date: 07/02/2007 >
