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...e a device without getting blocked until the call ends passes through an AGI script that drops a callfile into the /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing directory, telling Asterisk to dial the FXO port and then connect the channel to, say, the MusicOnHold() application. When I'm done, I can then issue a SoftHanghup() to the FXO device. This method strikes me as pretty clumsy: aren't there better ways of issuing commands from the dialplan in "detached mode", perhaps getting a handle useful to regain control later, and proceed to do other things? Enzo