I use Asterisk in my house. Each phone is a different extension. I really like the ability to have multiple simultaneous calls in the house. However, I do miss being able to be able to pick up a phone in a different room. Currently, I have to either transfer the call or transfer the call to a "conference" extension to move around the house. While a connection in progress on one extension, I would like to go to any other phone, dial some extension number, in order to ether pick up the call or join in an automatic conference. In other words, make it work like the old ma bell phone (when I want it to :-) ) Is this possible in Asterisk? Thanks, Jim
Two words for you... parking lot. Try to transfer your call to extension 700 and see what hapens... On 4/27/07, Jim Duda <jim@duda.tzo.com> wrote:> I use Asterisk in my house. Each phone is a different extension. I > really like the ability to have multiple simultaneous calls in the > house. However, I do miss being able to be able to pick up a phone in a > different room. Currently, I have to either transfer the call or > transfer the call to a "conference" extension to move around the house. > > While a connection in progress on one extension, I would like to go to > any other phone, dial some extension number, in order to ether pick up > the call or join in an automatic conference. In other words, make it > work like the old ma bell phone (when I want it to :-) ) > > Is this possible in Asterisk? > > Thanks, > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Hi!> While a connection in progress on one extension, I would like to go to > any other phone, dial some extension number, in order to ether pick up > the call or join in an automatic conference. In other words, make it > work like the old ma bell phone (when I want it to :-) ) > > Is this possible in Asterisk?In a million ways, look at: - built-in pickup with *8 (only for ringing calls, not established calls) - meetme (put every call into a conference, and then join 3rd party if desired) - SLA as in Asterisk 1.4.4 (shared line appearance) - related dialplan example: Asterisk voicemail live (search the wiki) - manager API (aka "AMI"): redirect command Then there are additional methods that don't come with Asterisk right away, search for: - app_bridge (Asterisk bug tracker, and possibly also from backports) - app_changrab (available from FreePBX) - app_steal (bristuff, available from junghanns.net) Cheers, Philipp