asterisk users - Jul 2005 - auto dialing - call file - channel variable question

Hi

When using a call file to place a call I can't seem to figure out how to get
the variable
alert_info passed to the actual channel (in my case a SIP phone) that an agent
is logged in at.

Please can someone give me a pointer in the right direction ;)

Thanx!

Probably best illustrated in an example:

Below works great and tells SIP/123 to pick up the call from asterisk then it
dials the desired
extension:

SetVar: _alert_info=auto_answer
Channel: SIP/123
Context: autodial
Exten: 123456789
Priority: 1 

Below doesn't pass alert_info to the sip phone the agent is logged in at, so
the agent has to
answer the call before the destination extension is dialed:

SetVar: _alert_info=auto_answer
Channel: AGENT/1001
Context: autodial
Exten: 123456789
Priority: 1 



		
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as it turns out if the agent (with callbacklogin) is logged into SIP/123 it will
try to dial 123
in local context.

only variable I can get so far that is passed on is callerid

If i want auto answer I set caller id to include a specific string 

In local context I have a dialplan matching 123 and other SIP extensions which
checks the callerid
for this string  if it exists sets _alert_info=something

CallerId: blah blah (autopickup) <1234>
Channel: AGENT/1001
Context: autodial
Exten: 123456789
Priority: 1 

There must be a better way though.

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