asterisk users - Nov 2003 - Message lamp integration with legacy pbx during conversion

I posted this earlier on the development list.  For those of you who watch both
lists, please pardon the duplication.

Currently, in our * lab we use all SIP phones so the MWI NOTIFY works perfect.

I would like to do a pilot with some legacy gear, however.  Accordingly, I'd
like to be able to have * dial 1000X where X is the box that has a new voicemail
message and 1001X when the user of mb X deletes the new message(s).  The dialing
should occur within the default context.  In each case, our legacy gear will
turn on/off the message waiting lamp.

For example, if I currently dial 1000400 on my * SIP phone, the MW lamp on
legacy X 400 is flipped on by the PBX.  If I dial 1001400 on my * SIP phone, the
MW lamp on legacy X 400 is flipped off.

Does this dialing capability already exist?  I would think that in any case
where * would be co-implemented with another PBX, some mechanism for basic DTMF
voicemail notification would be needed.  Alternatively, support in
voicemail.conf for a newvoicemail event command and a nonewvoicemail event
command would be very helpful.

I appreciate any assistance and would also take feedback on paying for someone
to contribute this functionality to *.  We are really excited about using the
platform in our office, and are doing so on a limited basis, but we need this
support to move forward.

Thanks.

Josh
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Josh J. Zuerner wrote:

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> For example, if I currently dial 1000400 on my * SIP phone, the MW lamp on
legacy X 400 is flipped on by the PBX.  If I dial 1001400 on my * SIP phone, the
MW lamp on legacy X 400 is flipped off.
>
> Does this dialing capability already exist?  I would think that in any case
where * would be co-implemented with another PBX, some mechanism for basic DTMF
voicemail notification would be needed.  Alternatively, support in
voicemail.conf for a newvoicemail event command and a nonewvoicemail event
command would be very helpful.
Just have a look at the sample.call file that comes with asterisk.
You'll only have to fill out the right telephone numbers and maybe have it
connect to some dummy extension that just waits a second before hanging up
(if your PBX needs more than just a ring).
Then put a copy of that file in /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing and * will
immediately place the call you described in that file.
> I appreciate any assistance and would also take feedback on paying for
someone to contribute this functionality to *.  We are really excited about
using the platform in our office, and are doing so on a limited basis, but we
need this support to move forward.
If you feel the urge to spend money, just contact me off-list ;-)

Cheers,
	Siggi