On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Reid A. Forrest wrote: > > Currently, our office phone systems have 6 outside lines > > coming in. The > > actual phones have lights ( indicators ) for these lines, so matter > > where you are in the office, you can look at the phones and see that > > someone is on line #2 ( for instance ). I am not 100%, but I suspect > > that all of these indicators are specifically tied to a > > specific line. > > I know this is the case with the last 2 lines, which are tied to > > different phone numbers all together. > > This topic was discussed at length just a short while back (maybe two weeks > ago?). Your phone system is called a key system, and Asterisk, being a PBX > does not operate that way. Search back through the archives for "key system" > and you should find the relevant threads.
Though there is nothing preventing a pbx from supporting a "key system"-like mode of operation which I think is called a "Hybrid system". With a bit more control of the subscriptions of busy-notifications I think at least the sip channel could give the appearance of a hybrid system. In some situations I can see that as being useful. Peter _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
