There is a script here that checks to see if phone are in use before adding them to a page group.
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Script+to+page+mixed+SIP+%252F+SCCP+system Even thought the description mentions a Cisco/SPA environment I believe it would work well in either. John On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 16:35 -0500, Dave Donovan wrote: > Just a note: > > If it's any consolation, the Nortel BCM has a similar problem. It > sets up a conference, adding one member at a time. On my clients > system, we would often observe that the page was nearly over by the > time some phone were added to the conference. > > IE Given a page of "Dave, please call reception, your wife is on the > phone.", some phones would only hear "on the phone" while others > would hear the whole page, and others would hear something in between. > It was funniest to be in a room which contained several phones. It > was like a THX demo or something where something sneaks up from behind > you. > > This is just to say that even the big guys struggle with things like > this. That we're able to find solutions on our own without waiting > for a patch from the vendor, is a credit to Asterisk and to the > community. > > Dave > > On 11/1/06, Tony Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It has taken me quite some time to get all the Polycoms in my place to be > > configured for paging. The Page() command in asterisk uses the Meetme > > functionality coupled with auto answer on the polycom phones to implement > > paging. My problem is that with a number of phones (I have about 8 > > currently), the Page command seems to sequentially (and rather slowly) ring > > each phone. All works great, however, if the person paging hangs up before > > all of the phones are called, a number of the phones are left connected to > > the meetme conference. > > > > Does anyone have any experience in setting up paging? > > > > I have had to write a agi extension that checks to see which devices are in > > use and to exclude them from the paging list. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
