asterisk users - Aug 2016 - Leave and re-enter a conference

All;

    What I want to do is create a way to easily send callers into a
conference room to have an N-way conference call. I created an extension
'100' that calls the MeetMe() command. Then all I need to do is transfer
a
caller using a blind transfer (*2 in my case) to extension 100. Then I can
dial a feature code that sends me into that conference (*15 in my case). So
far, a piece of cake. What I realize now is that once I enter the
conference, I can't add more people to the call. What I need is a way to
easily exit the conference, call another user, add them to the call, etc.
and then re-enter the room myself. I tried using the 'p' and 'X'
meetme
options without success. In other words:

 

Place a call.

Blind transfer the call to the conference (*2100)

Enter the conference myself (*15)

Exit the conference

Repeat as necessary

 

Any insight at all would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks;

John

 

 

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On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Tech Support <asterisk at
voipbusiness.us> wrote:
> All;
>
>     What I want to do is create a way to easily send callers into a
> conference room to have an N-way conference call. I created an extension
> ?100? that calls the MeetMe() command. Then all I need to do is transfer a
> caller using a blind transfer (*2 in my case) to extension 100. Then I can
> dial a feature code that sends me into that conference (*15 in my case). So
> far, a piece of cake. What I realize now is that once I enter the
> conference, I can?t add more people to the call. What I need is a way to
> easily exit the conference, call another user, add them to the call, etc.
> and then re-enter the room myself. I tried using the ?p? and ?X? meetme
> options without success. In other words:
>
>
>
> Place a call.
>
> Blind transfer the call to the conference (*2100)
>
> Enter the conference myself (*15)
>
> Exit the conference
>
> Repeat as necessary
>
>
>
> Any insight at all would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks;
>
> John
>
This is actually where ConfBridge shines. The flexibility of
ConfBridge's menu options lets you build whatever custom actions you
want triggered from participants in the conference.

If you use the dialplan_exec DTMF menu option [1], you can have the
ConfBridge participant bounce out to the dialplan. From there, you
would execute Originate to call in another participant. Note that you
need to use Originate instead of Dial, as you would otherwise have the
participant be bridged in a new bridge with whoever they dialed.

[1]
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+13+Configuration_app_confbridge

-- 
Matthew Jordan
Digium, Inc. | CTO
445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA
Check us out at: http://digium.com & http://asterisk.org

Thanks for the quick response. I will absolutely check out the ConfBridge
feature.
Regards;
John

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Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Leave and re-enter a conference

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Tech Support <asterisk at
voipbusiness.us> wrote:
> All;
>
>     What I want to do is create a way to easily send callers into a 
> conference room to have an N-way conference call. I created an 
> extension ?100? that calls the MeetMe() command. Then all I need to do 
> is transfer a caller using a blind transfer (*2 in my case) to 
> extension 100. Then I can dial a feature code that sends me into that 
> conference (*15 in my case). So far, a piece of cake. What I realize 
> now is that once I enter the conference, I can?t add more people to 
> the call. What I need is a way to easily exit the conference, call another
user, add them to the call, etc.
> and then re-enter the room myself. I tried using the ?p? and ?X? 
> meetme options without success. In other words:
>
>
>
> Place a call.
>
> Blind transfer the call to the conference (*2100)
>
> Enter the conference myself (*15)
>
> Exit the conference
>
> Repeat as necessary
>
>
>
> Any insight at all would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks;
>
> John
>
This is actually where ConfBridge shines. The flexibility of ConfBridge's
menu options lets you build whatever custom actions you want triggered from
participants in the conference.

If you use the dialplan_exec DTMF menu option [1], you can have the ConfBridge
participant bounce out to the dialplan. From there, you would execute Originate
to call in another participant. Note that you need to use Originate instead of
Dial, as you would otherwise have the participant be bridged in a new bridge
with whoever they dialed.

[1]
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+13+Configuration_app_confbridge

--
Matthew Jordan
Digium, Inc. | CTO
445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA Check us out at:
http://digium.com & http://asterisk.org

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