On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 19:59, Billy Huddleston wrote: > how could you do this with sip and VOIP?
Now that you have the terminology, go look it up. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Critchfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] snatching calls > > > > On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 15:28, Shoval Tomer wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Our current PBX (Panasonic) has a setting that enables users to > > > "snatch" calls ringing at other extensions. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure snatching is a correct term for this so let me elaborate. > > > > > > Let's say you sit in a room with five other people. Each one has it's > > > own extension. One person goes out. As soon as he leaves the room his > > > phone starts ringing. > > > > > > The other guys in the room want to answer his phone for him and take a > > > message, but they won't get up for it…. > > > > > > I just pick up our extension, hit *40, and the call is automatically > > > transferred to my extension. > > > > > > Is this doable with Asterisk? > > > > > > Is it possible to divide extensions into groups – like a group per > > > room – so I won't snatch a call from another room in the building, > > > that I wasn't even aware was ringing… > > > > > > You want to look into call groups and pickup groups. To pickup the call > > you use *8#. > > > > from /usr/src/asterisk/configs/zapata.conf.sample > > > > ; > > ; Ring groups (a.k.a. call groups) and pickup groups. If a phone is > ringing > > ; and it is a member of a group which is one of your pickup groups, then > > ; you can answer it by picking up and dialing *8#. For simple offices, > just > > ; make these both the same > > ; > > callgroup=1 > > pickupgroup=1 > > > > > > -- > > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
