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Posted on October 30, 2008 by mbrevda
One of the really cool things added to the latest version of FreePBX is support for Russell’s
devstate backport for Asterisk 1.4. Today I decided to have a look at how it works, and I found
it to be extremely simple and straightforward to set up. Obviously, you need to add the
backport to asterisk. Luckily, that is extremely easy – just follow the directions in the readme.
Next, add the following line to amportal.conf (if it isn’t already there):
USEDEVSTATE=true
I was looking to see the status of my FollowMe, so I needed to configure one of the BLF’s on
my phone to reflect on the its status. To do that I needed to set the BLF to watch feature code
that I would normally dial to activate the FollowMe: *21200. I updated my 00000000.xml
directory configuration file for my Polycom 650 as follows:
Call Forwarding
*21200
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I then rebooted my phone, and like the magic that FreePBX is, I can now tell by a glance what
the FollowMe status is. Now if only setting up an orb would be as simple!
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RebelOz69
August 26, 2009 at 5:16 am
Similarly to the above on a GXP20×0 (SHOULD work on a GXP2000, but
I’ve only tested it on GXP2010’s), It’s a simple matter of setting a BLF for
FindMe/FollowMe, by doing the below:
Open FreePBX’s “Feature Codes” Menu, and untick the “FindMe/FollowMe
Toggle” option, and manually enter “*21*” as the feature code. Submit
changes.
Goto “Misc. Destinations”, create a new destination called “FollowMe”, and
set up to dial {findmefollow:fmf_toggle} (in other words, select “Find Me
Follow Toggle” from the featurecode shortcuts drop down list). Submit.
Goto “Misc. Applications”, create a new application, description “FollowMe”,
feature code “*21”. Choose as it’s destination, yep you guessed it, “Misc
Destinations” – “FollowMe”.
Submit and apply changes.
Once Asterisk is reconfigured, then you can login to the phone’s admin
interface.
Select the “Basic Settings” tab.
In the “Multi Purpose Key X”, “Key Mode” field, choose “Busy Lamp Field
(BLF)”.
In the associated “Name” field, put something useful (this will display on the
phone’s screen when the user presses the button, so restrain yourself!). I
use “Follow Me (On/Off)”.
In the “User ID”, enter the feature code for Follow Me, an asterisk (*), and
the user’s extension, eg. “*21*7001”.
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If necessary, pick the “Account” for whichever SIP account is appropriate.
Update and reboot.
Enjoy!
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stevewerth
July 19, 2011 at 5:22 pm
I have configured my Cisco 525G2 for followme toggle on the Line 5 key. It
looks like this –
fnc=sd+blf+cp;sub=*21@192.168.104.100;nme=Follow Me
It works perfectly, but I can’t figure out exactly what I need to change in
order for it to show me the actual status of the (followme toggle)function
I’ve assigned to it. I’m quite new to this.
Anyone have an idea as to what else I need to add to get the BLF/Line Key
to show me the followme status?
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