>>> Essentially I wish to have buttons on a panel (like the Snom
220's
>>> extension board) that show when people are on the phone or off the
>>> phone for a receptionist.
>>
>> As far as I know, you can't do this with asterisk, at least not
>> easily.
>> From what I've read, most people call this "shared
lines" or
>> something
>> similar. I've heard that MGCP does support something similar to
this,
>> but that Asterisk does not specifically support it.
>
> Ahh, but you can with some phones....Look at the hint() Priority
Hey Thanks for the info! Wow, that makes the Snom 190/200 perfect for
a small office of 2-6 users. You can switch them away from their old
crappy PBX, and you don't even have to retrain them!