asterisk users - Nov 2017 - How to supervise a Voicemail box with a BLF button ? What does "State:Unavailable" exactly means ?

Hello,

I'm trying to supervise an existing Voicemail box with a BLF button on
Debian's asterisk 13.14.1 system.

I mostly found this [1] document.
I added in a context a line like:
exten = *7000,hint,MWI:31 at default

With "core show hints", I can read this:
*7000 at subs          : MWI:31 at default        State:Unavailable
Presence:not_set         Watchers  1

My questions are:

1. Is this "exten = *7000,hint,MWI:31 at default" statement correct ?
2. What does "State:Unavailable" exactly means ? To it means
"Asterisk is
unable to find any MWI:31 at default state".
3. Which Asterisk version introduced this MWI/BLF/hint feature ? Was it
supported in 1.6, for instance ?


Best regards

[1]
https://community.asterisk.org/t/hint-mwi-help-i-am-not-able-to-make-it-works/72112
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Hello Olivier,

I may be incorrect but I don't believe you can hint on a mailbox like that.

I've always used custom device states and dialplan logic for my shared
voicemail boxes that are not being watched directly by a endpoint natively.

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 5:07 AM, Olivier <oza.4h07 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to supervise an existing Voicemail box with a BLF button on
> Debian's asterisk 13.14.1 system.
>
> I mostly found this [1] document.
> I added in a context a line like:
> exten = *7000,hint,MWI:31 at default
>
> With "core show hints", I can read this:
> *7000 at subs          : MWI:31 at default        State:Unavailable
> Presence:not_set         Watchers  1
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1. Is this "exten = *7000,hint,MWI:31 at default" statement
correct ?
> 2. What does "State:Unavailable" exactly means ? To it means
"Asterisk is
> unable to find any MWI:31 at default state".
> 3. Which Asterisk version introduced this MWI/BLF/hint feature ? Was it
> supported in 1.6, for instance ?
>
>
> Best regards
>
> [1] https://community.asterisk.org/t/hint-mwi-help-i-am-not-
> able-to-make-it-works/72112
>
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Hi,

1. How do you then, synced then unread message presence with custom device
status ? From an external program ? When a user leaves VoiceMailMan
application ? Using externnotify ?
2. What is MWI:101 at default expression for (see [2] ?

Cheers

[2]
https://wiki.freepbx.org/display/FPG/Subscribe+a+BLF+button+to+Monitor+a+Voicemail+Box

2017-11-21 17:58 GMT+01:00 John Kiniston <johnkiniston at gmail.com>:
> Hello Olivier,
>
> I may be incorrect but I don't believe you can hint on a mailbox like
> that.
>
> I've always used custom device states and dialplan logic for my shared
> voicemail boxes that are not being watched directly by a endpoint natively.
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 5:07 AM, Olivier <oza.4h07 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to supervise an existing Voicemail box with a BLF button
on
>> Debian's asterisk 13.14.1 system.
>>
>> I mostly found this [1] document.
>> I added in a context a line like:
>> exten = *7000,hint,MWI:31 at default
>>
>> With "core show hints", I can read this:
>> *7000 at subs          : MWI:31 at default        State:Unavailable
>> Presence:not_set         Watchers  1
>>
>> My questions are:
>>
>> 1. Is this "exten = *7000,hint,MWI:31 at default" statement
correct ?
>> 2. What does "State:Unavailable" exactly means ? To it means
"Asterisk is
>> unable to find any MWI:31 at default state".
>> 3. Which Asterisk version introduced this MWI/BLF/hint feature ? Was it
>> supported in 1.6, for instance ?
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> [1] https://community.asterisk.org/t/hint-mwi-help-i-am-not-able
>> -to-make-it-works/72112
>>
>> --
>> _____________________________________________________________________
>> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --
>>
>> Check out the new Asterisk community forum at:
>> https://community.asterisk.org/
>>
>> New to Asterisk? Start here:
>>       https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started
>>
>> asterisk-users mailing list
>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
>>
>
>
>
> --
> A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher
> a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts,
> build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders,
> cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure,
> program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
> Specialization is for insects.
> ---Heinlein
>
> --
> _____________________________________________________________________
> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --
>
> Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.
> org/
>
> New to Asterisk? Start here:
>       https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started
>
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>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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