I'd *really* like to be able to have a call ring three different cell phones; then, if someone answers, they have to somehow acknowledge the call for it to be directed to them. That way, if one of the phones is off, or out of range, it doesn't go straight to that phone's voicemail. Asterisk 1.4 -- though I could probably upgrade. Suggestions on how to make this happen? Thanks! -Ken -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:> I'd *really* like to be able to have a call ring three different cell > phones; then, if someone answers, they have to somehow acknowledge the > call for it to be directed to them. That way, if one of the phones is > off, or out of range, it doesn't go straight to that phone's voicemail. > > Asterisk 1.4 -- though I could probably upgrade. > > Suggestions on how to make this happen? > > Thanks! > > -Ken > >You can get them to acknowledge by executing a macro when the call is connected using the M parameter in the dial command. However if the mobile was answered and the confirmation not entered you would have to flag that destination as being dead and then jump back to the dial command again and omit that destination for the next attempt.
>-----Original Message----- >From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ken D'Ambrosio>Subject: [asterisk-users] Google Voice-like feature.>I'd *really* like to be able to have a call ring three different cellphones; then, if someone answers, they have to somehow acknowledge the call for it to be directed to them. That way, if one of the phones is off, or out of range, it doesn't go straight to that phone's voicemail.>Asterisk 1.4 -- though I could probably upgrade.>Suggestions on how to make this happen?This "might" work - Exten => 1234,1,Dial(DAHDI/1/w#1,30,p) The Privacy mode switch on the dial would make the called party have to press 1 to accept the call.
Ken D'Ambrosio <ken <at> jots.org> writes:> > I'd *really* like to be able to have a call ring three different cell > phones; then, if someone answers, they have to somehow acknowledge the > call for it to be directed to them. That way, if one of the phones is > off, or out of range, it doesn't go straight to that phone's voicemail. >Take a look at Followme() and followme.conf. Lonnie
On Thursday 02 Sep 2010, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:> I'd *really* like to be able to have a call ring three different cell > phones; then, if someone answers, they have to somehow acknowledge the > call for it to be directed to them. That way, if one of the phones is > off, or out of range, it doesn't go straight to that phone's voicemail.The problem is that, if one of the destination phones is diverting to voicemail, you won't know it's voicemail until it's answered -- by which time it's already too late. The best you could hope to do is: park the incoming call; ring all the handsets at once; and when each one answers, play a recorded message giving the number to pick up the parked call. If any of them successfully picks up the parked call, then of course you need to abort the Dial() to the other ones. If no-one picks up the parked call within a reasonable timeframe, it can be sent to Asterisk's own voicemail. -- AJS
Want to thank everyone who mailed; a couple of your ideas got me going down certain paths, and found the answer here: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+tips+findme Again, thanks! -Ken ------------------------ original message ------------------------- I'd *really* like to be able to have a call ring three different cell phones; then, if someone answers, they have to somehow acknowledge the call for it to be directed to them. That way, if one of the phones is off, or out of range, it doesn't go straight to that phone's voicemail. Asterisk 1.4 -- though I could probably upgrade. Suggestions on how to make this happen? Thanks! -Ken -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.