It uses the "show hints" command to get the busy/avail status. It does not work for me as I use trixbox in the users/devices mode where one user is associated with multiple extensions. If you do this, show hints does not really work. I have it working with the agi I wrote, however I still have the timing problem which leaves a number of the extensions "off hook".
-----Original Message----- From: John Lange [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Paging and Polycoms 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+s ystem 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
