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Aastra 6731i hot desking

iverona
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2006-10-23
Submitted by iverona on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 10:31pm.

Hi!

I'm about to deploy 30 Aastra 6731i with hot-desking features (freepbx deviceanduser mode), and I've read in the aastra-xml-scripts documentation that this feature is not supported in TB2.8, so I've to use TB2.6. Is this limitation still valid? is there any workaround?

And, any other suggestions for this kind of setup?

Thanks!

BR,
Ignacio.

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aastra4
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 Member Since:
2007-02-27
Hi, With the current version
Wed, 07/14/2010 - 12:49am

Hi,

With the current version of the XML scripts and the current Aastra phone firmware, hot desking (without the need to reboot) is available - so you might want to consider if you really want to use the deviceanduser mode.

Regards,

aastra4



iverona
Posts: 129
 Member Since:
2006-10-23
Hi aastra! Ok, I was reading
Wed, 07/14/2010 - 1:58am

Hi aastra!

Ok, I was reading the doc and I think i had a misunderstanding of the feature. So you mean that I can just change the extension without having to reboot, and using the extension mode in freepbx. I'll give it a try this weekend.

Thanks!!



iverona
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 Member Since:
2006-10-23
Hi! everything is working
Sat, 07/24/2010 - 5:09am

Hi!

everything is working great now, but I have a question: What if a user forgots to logout from his extension? Is there anyway the next user can logout the old extension and login with his own one with out knowing the other extension's password?

Maybe I can try to modify the logout php script so it does not ask for a password, but I wanted to know if there is any "proper" way of handling this situation. I've read in the forum that there is some kind of administrative logout, but it requieres sending SIP notify, so it can not be done by the user on his own...

Thanks in advance. BR,
Ignacio.



aastra1
Posts: 287
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2006-11-06
Logout password
Mon, 08/02/2010 - 7:15am

Hi Ignacio,

The request for the logout password in "extensions" mode in configurable. In /var/www/html/aastra/config/asterisk.conf there is a parameter "logout_pw_enabled" that you can activate or deactivate, it is activated by default. Just change to

logout_pw_enabled=0

This change takes effect immediately no need to reboot anything (phoe or server). asterisk.conf has plenty of configuration parameters for the scripts, have a look you may find other interesting parameters.

Regards

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aastra1
Aastra XML scripts 2.3.0 now available



iverona
Posts: 129
 Member Since:
2006-10-23
Thanks a lot aastra1, I'll
Mon, 08/02/2010 - 7:49am

Thanks a lot aastra1, I'll take a look to all the options in the scripts, the TB support is awesome!

BR,
Ignacio.



linuxgurugamer
Posts: 6
 Member Since:
2011-03-14
How to hotdesk without deviceanduser mode???
Wed, 03/16/2011 - 7:31am

In a new install, using Elastix, using TB 1.6 & FreePBX 2.7, how would I do the hotdesking without the deviceanduser mode?

I have a need to have people be able to roam between phones, and figured that the deviceanduser mode was the way to go, but I've been having some significant problems with it.

Thanks

JBB



iverona
Posts: 129
 Member Since:
2006-10-23
Hi linuxgurugamer, using
Wed, 03/16/2011 - 7:37am

Hi linuxgurugamer,

using Aastra XML scripts you can configure the phones in hot-desking mode. It's managed by the phone itself, and it's transparent to FreePBX. Imagine it as a way of changing the sip-account the phone uses to authenticate. It has been working flawlessly for us for almost a year now.

BR,
Ignacio.



linuxgurugamer
Posts: 6
 Member Since:
2011-03-14
Some details??
Wed, 03/16/2011 - 7:46am

How?

Do you set the Default Type to "fixed" in FreePBX for the device?

What setting do you use in amportal.conf, "extensions" or "deviceanduser"?

Any other info would be appreciated.

Thanks



linuxgurugamer
Posts: 6
 Member Since:
2011-03-14
Problem found
Wed, 03/16/2011 - 2:42pm

Found the problem. First the default type is "adhoc" for the device, and in amportal it is set to deviceanduser

The problem was that the phone wasn't updating, so the impression was that the had not logged off/on. To fix, I added the following two lines:

$polling='60';
return ($polling);

at the beginning of the function:

Aastra_get_polling_interval_Asterisk

at about line 3721. The polling is either 1800 (30 minutes) or 86400 (once a day), by changing it to 60 the phones will update themselves with the server on a once per minute basis.

Not great, I'd rather the phone be notified to update itself, but that apparently isn't working or isn't supposed to .

JBB



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