asterisk users - Sep 2005 - Can an outside caller dial an extension before someone answer?

Hi,

We don't want a digital receptionist if we can help it (too impersonal!),  
but is it possible for an outside caller to dial an internal extension (eg  
201) after asterisk answers the call, but before someone in the incoming  
call ring group has answered?

Thanks,
Simon

Short of making this time based or having multiple inbound numbers you
cant do this without answering the call and reading dtmf (or as
explained this last week T1/E1 lines may or may not be able to pass
audio data incl dtmf for upto 90 seconds when it starts to ring).

Now here is a problem, how would someone know to dial the extension if
there is no automated attendant telling them to do so?  Most callers
wouldnt know to do this as most systems dont accept this.

There is a trick for those 'in the know', asterisk answers the call but
instead of playing a recorded voice it plays a ringing tone.  Users
would then be able to dial an extension if they know to do this.

On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 16:48 +1200, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We don't want a digital receptionist if we can help it (too
impersonal!),
> but is it possible for an outside caller to dial an internal extension (eg
> 201) after asterisk answers the call, but before someone in the incoming  
> call ring group has answered?
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