Presence
Brekeke PBX can handle presence SUBSCRIBE requests from phones and return NOTIFY responses about the status of the monitored phones, such as “available” or “on the phone.”
Currently, PBX presence feature can work with Polycom and Xlite.
Settings on the phone side:
Polycom SoundPoint IP650 / 330
1. At phone’s “sip.cfg” file, modify the line in the feature tag as following to enable presence function on the phone.
<feature feature.1.name="presence" feature.1.enabled="1"> 2. Now, there are “Buddies” softkeys shown on the phone LCD. Add buddies to monitor other phones’ status. 2-1. Click “Directories” key on the phone 2-2. Select “Contact Directory” to add buddies 2-3. add buddy First Name: any name for label Contact: monitored pbx user name Watch Buddy: Enabled 4. Save the settings. |
Xlite
| 1. Set Presence mode as “Peer-to-Peer” at XLite SIP account properties
2. Open “Contact Drawer” on the right of the phone skin 3. Click “Contacts” dropdown list and select “Add Contact” 4. At “Contact Properties”, set “General” tab as 4-1. Set Name, Group as you need. 4-2. At “Contact Methods”, set Type: Softphone Phone/Address: monitored pbx user name 4-3. Check “Show this contact’s Availability” |