asterisk users - Jul 2004 - Divert to arbitrary number.

Hi All,

I am looking for a way to allow users to
dial *21*, followed by a number and the pound
key. Asterisk must then divert all incoming calls
to the user's extension to the number given.

I got it right halfway using a tip from
http://ns1.jnetdns.de/jn/relaunch/asterisk/page6.html.
Thanks to whomever is the contributor of the above tip.

The problem is however, that the number to which
calls will be diverted will be:

1.	Unknown.
2.	On any of the available interfaces (Zap/SIP/IAX/etc...)

I need to be able to do pattern matching on the number,
instead of a straight Goto, like priority s|2 in the example.

An example might be where the user diverts all his calls to
another local extension or to his mobile phone, the number
of which will be unknown.

Anybody with experience, please help. I am VERY new to asterisk.

Kind Regards,
Jaun.

Jaun Terblanche <jterblanche@altoa.com> wrote:
> I am looking for a way to allow users to dial *21*, followed by a
> number and the pound key. Asterisk must then divert all incoming
> calls to the user's extension to the number given.
[...]

Dial the Local interface. I have this:

; Macro to place a call to an internal number
;  ${ARG1} - Extension (e.g. "300")
[macro-dialexten]
; Look up divert-all number
exten => s,1,DBGet(DIVERT=divertall/${ARG1})
; Dial the diverted-to extension
exten => s,2,Dial(Local/${DIVERT}@local,300)
exten => s,3,Hangup

; if the DBGet fails, we come here - jump to call attempt
exten => s,102,Goto(1001)
; if the Dial fails or is busy, we come here - jump to busy voicemail
exten => s,103,Goto(2001)


On a related note, how do you get a Cisco 7940 to dial numbers with a
hash in them, instead of just using the hash as a dial key. For
example, I have *#21# to check diverts, but the phone will just dial
"*" as soon as you type the # after it.

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