asterisk users - Dec 2006 - Day/night service and indications on the phone

Hello everybody.

I have created an extension that enables/disables the night
service mode on asterisk (i.e. voicemail is started
on incoming calls, instead of entering a queue).

The night mode is activated/deactivated by the
front desk operator when the office is about to
close, by pressing a line key on the phone, which
dials the related extension.

Does anyone know a way to have an indication on the
operator's phone using BLF-style hints or similar?

I'd like to have a LED turned on when night mode is active
(most traditional PBXes offer this feature).

Is there a way, for instance, to force the device state
for a dialplan "hint", e.g. on a fake or local channel,
so that I can map a BLF key on
the phone to that hint?

I have not find anything suitable so far (except for
a PC system tray's icon, which is not applicable to
my situation).

Thanks,
Alberto.

alberto@msoft-italia.com wrote:
> Is there a way, for instance, to force the device state
> for a dialplan "hint", e.g. on a fake or local channel,
> so that I can map a BLF key on
> the phone to that hint?
>
>   
[turn on mwi]

touch /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/context/device/msg0001.txt

[turn off mwi]

rm /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/context/device/msg0001.txt -f

Doug

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On Dec 17, 2006, at 3:26 PM, Doug Lytle wrote:
> alberto@msoft-italia.com wrote:
>> Is there a way, for instance, to force the device state
>> for a dialplan "hint", e.g. on a fake or local channel,
>> so that I can map a BLF key on
>> the phone to that hint?
>>
>>
> [turn on mwi]
>
> touch /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/context/device/msg0001.txt
>
> [turn off mwi]
>
> rm /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/context/device/msg0001.txt -f
You can also use the devicestate commands in BRIstuffed asterisk.

Michiel van Baak
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