> Alfred Campbell wrote: > >> Hi, > >> XX-5974 gives the ability to convert a multi-user chat > into an audio > >> conference by issuing a special IM command. This is > accomplished by > >> inviting all multi-user chat participants that have an associated > >> SIP account on the system to the initiator's audio conference via > >> sipXecs 3rd party call control facilities. The problem with that > >> approach is that any multi-user chat participant that does > not have > >> an associated SIP account on the system (as would be the case for > >> external participants , e.g. customers or partners) would > be left out > >> of the resulting audio conference. To remedy that > problem, it would > >> be nice if there was an ability in sipXconfig to > optionally configure > > instructions > >> on how to reach a given audio conference externally. Each audio > >> conference would have such a configuration field which > could be blank > >> by default. That way, when a multi-user chat gets promoted to an > >> audio conference, the configured instructions for how to join that > > conference > >> would be provided over IM to every external participant so > that they > >> could manually join if they wished to. > >> > >> The configuration field could be as simple as free-formed > text and it > >> would be up to the administrator or the conference owner > to provide a > >> string that makes sense for the given audio conference, > e.g. "You can > >> reach my audio conference by dialing 613-763-1277 and enter > >> conference ID 4277". Alternatively, if sipXconfig offered a > >> configuration field to define the system's external number > then such > >> a string could be automatically generated. > >> > >> Comments? > > > > Very nice.. I like the idea of having a blank field that users can > > type what they want it to say. This lets people personalize the > > response to add other useful information. > > > > BTW: we already have an setting that represents external > conference number. > It's used when setting up DimDim sessions.
Ah! Very nice, this is what I'm looking for. Since that information will be utilized by both the DimDim and Chatrooms, it probably makes sense to bubble it up to the 'Configuration' page. I'll open a Jira for that and provide an example xsd to shows how to incorporate that information in the sipXopenfire accounts file. _______________________________________________ sipx-dev mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-dev sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/
