eyeBeam: Support for auto-config device priority

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eyeBeam: Support for auto-config device priority

Postby dmeis » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:21 am

Background: Whenever I start eyeBeam (1.5 Mac), the auto-config invariably gets the device assignment exactly wrong -- the Mac's internal mic & speaker are assigned to the "Headset" device, and my USB (or Bluetooth, matters not) headset is assigned to the "Speakerphone" device. I understand by reading the forums that letting the user prioritize devices to make the devices get assigned correctly is currently not supported, but this makes the auto-config feature essentially useless for devices because one has to go in manually and fix the assignments each time.

Feature request: Can three (3) "Auto-config Order" buttons be added in the UI Options->General->Devices pane; one for "Headset", one for "Speakerphone", and one for "Ring Device"; which would bring up an ordered list for the user to choose which devices are allowed to auto-config, and drag them to the desired order. For a great example of this, see OS X Tiger's System Preferences->Network->Network Port Configurations list.

I'm thinking this would not be hard to do -- from a sofware engineering perspective I see three things to be addressed:
1) Each item needs a separate list of available devices. This is already in place, so no problem there.
2) The auto-config code would need to traverse the list of devices for each item in a given order (not randomly), selecting the first available device. I can't tell if the code is written this way or not.
3) There would need to be a way in the UI for the user to specify the order of each device list, possibly as described above.

Failing that, can the internal devices be hard-coded to be checked last for the "Headset" and first for the "Speakerphone" and "Ring Device"? (The lists must get checked in some order, to get the assignments backwards every time.)

I know there are many other features requested; but it seems that Counterpath has identified zero-touch configuration as a key marketing item, and implementing this would be a big leap forward in that area. :)
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Re: eyeBeam: Support for auto-config device priority

Postby joescharf » Fri May 07, 2010 7:23 am

I second this feature. Using a bluetooth headset on Eyebeam Mac, the headset is auto configured as the speakerphone device. Additionally it would be nice if the headset buttons used to answer / hangup the call could be used to answer/hangup Eyebeam.
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