RuhNet Posted October 12, 2020 Report Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) I just made my first Monster UI app: Parking Lot. The app shows a graphical display of currently parked calls on the system (updated every 30 seconds), with caller information, and the slot where the call is parked. You can retrieve a call by clicking on the caller, or various other points on the parked call box. A quickcall will be initiated between your phone and the parked caller. When you rest on a parked call, the user who parked it is looked up and shown. You can click on their name/extension to be connected with them, on the device they used to park the call (you want to ask them questions about the caller they parked etc.) The application is available at GitHub: https://github.com/ruhnet/monster-ui-parkinglot No dependencies/external library requirements. GPLv3 License. Try it out and let me know what you think! Edited October 26, 2020 by RuhNet typo (see edit history) Quote
AnthonyP Posted October 13, 2020 Report Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) Nice work, we've definitely had clients looking for this type of functionality. My suggestion to improve upon this would be to use websockets to initiate a connection that would be updated in real-time as opposed to the scheduled refresh every 30 seconds. This is how the 2600hz operator console gets after similar data and it actually works quite well! Edited October 13, 2020 by AnthonyP (see edit history) Quote
RuhNet Posted October 13, 2020 Author Report Posted October 13, 2020 Yes, I knew when I started the app that websockets would be preferable, but I was more focused initially on understanding the basics of Monster UI, so decided to just go the easy route with the API. 😄 I may improve it later on to include a websockets connection. I'm actually considering making an app similar to Operator Console (I've created the icon and folder, and I'll be calling it "Switchboard"), and if I do find time to pursue that, then I will likely use websockets there, and may upgrade this app to support it also. Thank you so much for the input---I do appreciate it! 🙂 Quote
tomas_ Posted November 19, 2021 Report Posted November 19, 2021 Just discovered this app. Seems really great! Did you look into the webhook possibility yet? Br Tomas Quote
RuhNet Posted November 19, 2021 Author Report Posted November 19, 2021 Thanks @tomas_! I haven't implemented it yet, but using websockets is definitely next on my list for this particular app. I have been busy working on my Kazoo phone provisioner so mostly stopped working on the call parking for now, but at some point I expect to resume and improve this app even further. I'm also looking at making an open source operator console style app. Not sure yet if I will expand this one, or do it in a separate app. Quote
RuhNet Posted February 13, 2022 Author Report Posted February 13, 2022 For those of you following here, I have now released the Switchboard app that I have been planning for quite a while. See here: Quote
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