asterisk users - Feb 2007 - Outbound Call Transfer Problem

Hi

I am using Asterisk 1.2 and for the life of me, I am unable to transfer 
outbound calls (eg calls I initiate from sip extensions). When I press 
#, nothing happens. Inbound calls transfer fine, but only once per call.

The problem happens:

- With both software and hardware phones.
- With calls going out through the ZAP channel and to internal SIP 
extensions.
- After I have transferred an incoming call once, I can not transfer it 
again.


My features.conf looks like:

[general]
parkext => 700                  ; What ext. to dial to park
parkpos => 701-720              ; What extensions to park calls on
context => parkedcalls          ; Which context parked calls are in
parkingtime => 240              ; Number of seconds a call can be parked for
                                ; (default is 45 seconds)
;transferdigittimeout => 3      ; Number of seconds to wait between 
digits when transfering a call
;courtesytone = beep            ; Sound file to play to the parked caller
                                ; when someone dials a parked call
;adsipark = yes                 ; if you want ADSI parking announcements
;pickupexten = *8               ; Configure the pickup extension.  
Default is *8
featuredigittimeout = 1000

[featuremap]
blindxfer => #
atxfer => *


sip.conf snippet:

[603]

type=friend                     ; This device takes and makes calls
username=603                    ; Username on device
secret=hlpme2go                 ; Password for device
canreinvite=no
host=dynamic          ; This host is not on the same IP addr every time
context=from-sip      ; Inbound calls from this host go here
mailbox=100           ; Activate the message waiting light if this
                      ; voicemailbox has messages in it


And an abridged extensions.conf:

[general]

static=yes
writeprotect=no
autofallthrough=yes

[bogon-calls]

exten => _.,1,Congestion

[from-sip]

include => parkedcalls
exten => _6XX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN},30,T)
exten => _6XX,2,Voicemail(u${EXTEN})
exten => _6XX,102,Voicemail(b${EXTEN})
exten => _6XX,103,Hangup

exten => _04.,1,Macro(dial-mobile,${EXTEN})

[macro-dial-mobile]

exten => s,1,SetGlobalVar(NumToDial=${ARG1})
exten => s,2,SetGlobalVar(theCHANNEL=ZAP/3)
exten => s,3,Dial(${theCHANNEL}/${NumToDial},60,T)
exten => s,4,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1)
exten => s,104,Goto(s-CHANUNAVAIL,1)

exten => s-CHANUNAVAIL,1,SetGlobalVar(theCHANNEL=SIP/iinet)
exten => s-CHANUNAVAIL,2,Playback(voip-warning)
exten => s-CHANUNAVAIL,3,Dial(${theCHANNEL}/${NumToDial},60,T)
exten => s-CHANUNAVAIL,4,Hangup

; zap/3 context
[home]

exten => s,1,Answer
exten => s,2,SetMusicOnHold(default)
exten => s,3,DigitTimeout,5
exten => s,4,ResponseTimeout,10
exten => s,5,Wait(1)
exten => s,6,Dial(SIP/600&SIP/601&SIP/602&SIP/603,75,t)


Any suggestions?

> I am using Asterisk 1.2 and for the life of me, I am unable to transfer
> outbound calls (eg calls I initiate from sip extensions). When I press
> #, nothing happens. Inbound calls transfer fine, but only once per call.
>
> Any suggestions?
I have questions:

1) what version of 1.2?

2) Anything come up in the CLI?  How about the logs?  Have you tried
turning on verbose logging in logger.conf? (be sure to turn it off
when you're done)

3) What SIP phones are you using (hard and soft)?


- Noah