asterisk users - Oct 2005 - Call Transfer problems-am I missing something?

Hi All,

Recently got call-transfer somewhat working on my asterisk-1.0.9 
install, and came across an interesting problem.  I have an account on a 
VOIP Provider (voipbuster using iax to be exact) and use a line like 
this in extensions.conf to have it handle all outgoing calls beginning 
with 1:
exten => _1NNXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(voipbuster/00${EXTEN},t)
When I call someone and press # on the phone ( I've tried this with 
various softphones and a regular phone connected to a linksys pap2) 
Nothing happens.However, if the called party presses # they get the 
extension prompt, and can then transfer me to an other extension.  Does 
anyone know why the calling party can't initiate the transfer? am I 
missing something?

On 10/30/05, alex@lava-net.com <alex@lava-net.com>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Recently got call-transfer somewhat working on my asterisk-1.0.9
> install, and came across an interesting problem.  I have an account on a
> VOIP Provider (voipbuster using iax to be exact) and use a line like
> this in extensions.conf to have it handle all outgoing calls beginning
> with 1:
> exten => _1NNXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(voipbuster/00${EXTEN},t)
> When I call someone and press # on the phone ( I've tried this with
> various softphones and a regular phone connected to a linksys pap2)
> Nothing happens.However, if the called party presses # they get the
> extension prompt, and can then transfer me to an other extension.  Does
> anyone know why the calling party can't initiate the transfer? am I
> missing something?
Yes.  The ,t  in the Dial() options is for callee, the T is for
caller.  ,tT is for both.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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