Once your device has registered to Asterisk, you will be able to query the location and state of the device from the Asterisk CLI.
It is a common misconception that registration is how a device authenticates itself for the purpose of obtaining permission to make calls. This is incorrect. The only purpose of registration is to allow a device to identify its location on the network, so that Asterisk[53] knows where to send calls intended for that device.
Authentication for outgoing calls is an entirely separate process and always happens on a per-call basis, regardless of whether a set has registered. This means that your set may be able to make calls, but not receive them. This will normally happen when the set has not registered successfully (so Asterisk does not know where it is), and yet has the correct credentials for making calls (so Asterisk is willing to accept calls from it).
To check the registration status of a device, simply call up the Asterisk CLI:
$sudo asterisk -r
Typing the following command returns a listing of all the peers that Asterisk knows about (regardless of their state):
*CLI>sip show peersName/username Host Dyn Nat ACL Port Status 0000FFFF0001/0000FFFF0001 192.168.1.100 D N 5060 Unmonitored 0000FFFF0002/0000FFFF0002 192.168.1.101 D N 5060 Unmonitored
You may notice that the Name/username field
does not always show the full name of the device. This is because this
field is limited to 25 characters.
Note that the Status
in our example is set to Unmonitored. This is because
we are not using the qualify=yes option in our
sip.conf file.