asterisk users - Jun 2006 - Can I enter an extension to dial while voicemail is playing?

I have a very, very simple Asterisk setup in my house.  I have a
Sipura 3000 with a PSTN line connected and one analog phone connected.

The [incoming] context looks like this:

exten => s,1,Dial(SIP/50,23,r)
exten => s,2,VoiceMail(u50@default)
exten => s,3,Playback(vm-goodbye)
exten => s,4,Hangup

As you can see, when somebody calls in if I don't answer in 23 seconds
then they are forwarded to my voicemail.

How can I make it so I can call an enter extensions either while the
phone is ringing or while the voicemail message is playing?  I want
the system to be as seemless as possible so the wife is happy =)

Right now it works great because my Sipura 3000 forwards to call to
Asterisk and Asterisk rings my analog phone, but the incoming caller
hears a steady dial-tone the whole time.  I wouldn't want that to
change.  (so the caller isn't wondering what is going on)

Any help is appriciated :)

Using the Background command, you will be able to play the voicemail
while still being allowed to enter digits.

exten => s,1,Wait(2)
exten => 108,2,Background(voicemail/default/108/unavail)


exten => s,1,Dial(SIP/50,23,r)
exten => s,2,Background(/voicemail/default/50/unavail) ;or whatever the
soundfile is called
exten => s,3,Voicemail(s50) ;s will skip the greeting and just go to the
beep
exten => s,4,Playback(vm-goodbye)
exten => s,5,Hangup

You can then put
exten => 1, Dial(sip/me)
exten => 2, Dial(sip/her)
or whatever your dial statements look like.

Leah Newmark
Capalon VoIP


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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:18:22 -0400
From: "John Klimek" <jklimek@gmail.com>
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Can I enter an extension to dial while
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I have a very, very simple Asterisk setup in my house.  I have a
Sipura 3000 with a PSTN line connected and one analog phone connected.

The [incoming] context looks like this:

exten => s,1,Dial(SIP/50,23,r)
exten => s,2,VoiceMail(u50@default)
exten => s,3,Playback(vm-goodbye)
exten => s,4,Hangup

As you can see, when somebody calls in if I don't answer in 23 seconds
then they are forwarded to my voicemail.

How can I make it so I can call an enter extensions either while the
phone is ringing or while the voicemail message is playing?  I want
the system to be as seemless as possible so the wife is happy =)

Right now it works great because my Sipura 3000 forwards to call to
Asterisk and Asterisk rings my analog phone, but the incoming caller
hears a steady dial-tone the whole time.  I wouldn't want that to
change.  (so the caller isn't wondering what is going on)

Any help is appriciated  :)