asterisk users - Oct 2004 - Automated calling/Bridging and takedown in Asterisk?

I am working on a web phone interface to give normal
phonesets more 'virtual buttons'..etc, like the
expensive executive phones via control via the web.
This lead me to the following issue:

I am wondering if it is possible (it doesn't seem to
as far as I can tell) to make a script (AGI or
otherwise) that will have asterisk automatically do
the following without the user needing to originate
any calls on their telephone:

-Call an extension, hold on to the call (call A)
-Call another extension, hold on to the call (call B)
-Bridge the two calls (A and B) together (so the two
extensions can talk to each other)
-Later the script drops call B, but keeps call A up
-Then asterisk calls another extension (call C)
-Then asterisk bridges A with C so then they can talk
to each other
..then later the same thing again (call D, then bridge
with A)..etc...etc, 

Allthis would be AGI or script driven without any user
having to press anything on his phone.

Is this possible (the main issue I see in asterisk is
that I cannot find a command in the asterisk API to
bridge/unbridge calls like this without something
being originated by a call into asterisk from a user).
I looked at meetme, but it doesn't seem appropriate
for what I want to do above.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

Jack





		
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Jack,
I'd suggest using the .call files to initiate your call to phone a - the 
call script will automatically bridge the call to a destination station.
>From that you could simply create a goto loop in extenstions.conf that 
calls the same agi script over and over, allowing the agi to actually 
place the call to the party already on the phone, once the party called 
from the agi hangs up the process will repeat until phone a hangs up!

I have writen some stuff in php that generates .call files and it so far 
seems to be solid.

-Jonathan

Jack Turer wrote:
>I am working on a web phone interface to give normal
>phonesets more 'virtual buttons'..etc, like the
>expensive executive phones via control via the web.
>This lead me to the following issue:
>
>I am wondering if it is possible (it doesn't seem to
>as far as I can tell) to make a script (AGI or
>otherwise) that will have asterisk automatically do
>the following without the user needing to originate
>any calls on their telephone:
>
>-Call an extension, hold on to the call (call A)
>-Call another extension, hold on to the call (call B)
>-Bridge the two calls (A and B) together (so the two
>extensions can talk to each other)
>-Later the script drops call B, but keeps call A up
>-Then asterisk calls another extension (call C)
>-Then asterisk bridges A with C so then they can talk
>to each other
>..then later the same thing again (call D, then bridge
>with A)..etc...etc, 
>
>Allthis would be AGI or script driven without any user
>having to press anything on his phone.
>
>Is this possible (the main issue I see in asterisk is
>that I cannot find a command in the asterisk API to
>bridge/unbridge calls like this without something
>being originated by a call into asterisk from a user).
>I looked at meetme, but it doesn't seem appropriate
>for what I want to do above.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thank you!
>
>Jack
>
>
>
>
>
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