asterisk users - Jun 2004 - Simultaneous ring internal extension and external phone number?

I have a client who is looking at replacing their PBX, and I'm 
interested in putting together an Asterisk solution for them. One 
feature that would really, really get their attention is if I could do 
the "Vonage" thing, where if a PSTN caller dials a direct extension 
(coming in over PRI) both the user's deskset _and_ an external number 
(their cell phone) would ring, with either being able to answer the call.

Is there a way to do this with Asterisk? Based on my review of the 
handbook and parts of the wiki, it looks like it could be done quite 
easily in the dial plan. However, I have never installed Asterisk so I 
am quite clueless about what will actually work :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Kevin P. Fleming
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 June 2004 12:46 PM
> 
> I have a client who is looking at replacing their PBX, and I'm 
> interested in putting together an Asterisk solution for them. One 
> feature that would really, really get their attention is if I 
> could do 
> the "Vonage" thing, where if a PSTN caller dials a direct
extension
> (coming in over PRI) both the user's deskset _and_ an external number 
> (their cell phone) would ring, with either being able to 
> answer the call.
> 
> Is there a way to do this with Asterisk? Based on my review of the 
> handbook and parts of the wiki, it looks like it could be done quite 
> easily in the dial plan. However, I have never installed 
> Asterisk so I 
> am quite clueless about what will actually work :-)
You certainly can do something like that.

I use something like the following to dial my desk phone and cell phone at
the same time:

exten => xx,1,Dial(IAX2/xx@xx/phone&SIP/phone|60|r)
 
By that example, you can see that I am dialing "IAX2/xx@xx/phone" and
"SIP/phone" at the same time with ring back with a timeout of 60
seconds.

If one is answered, the other stops ringing.

-Shaun

On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 02:01:49PM +1000, Shaun Ewing spake
thusly:
> exten => xx,1,Dial(IAX2/xx@xx/phone&SIP/phone|60|r)
>  
> By that example, you can see that I am dialing "IAX2/xx@xx/phone"
and
> "SIP/phone" at the same time with ring back with a timeout of 60
seconds.
Note however that this WILL NOT work if one of the devices you are calling
is on a Zap channel. I have a PRI and I would love to ring my cell phone
AND my desk phone (SIP) at the same time but if I try only the Zap
interface rings. I posted regarding this a few days ago. It seems silly to
have to go out through another VOIP provider when I have my own PRI. I
have clients who want this feature too so I would really like to solve
this problem.

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