[asterisk-dev] Dial() Staggering

[Peter Beckman]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, William Moore wrote:

>> Dial() already supports dialing multiple lines at once and connecting the
>> first answered line to the user.  I want that exact same functionality but
>> would like to be able to space out (or stagger) the dialing of each line.
>> An example might be I want to dial 5 phone numbers with a wait time of 30
>> seconds.  But I want it to try the first number for 2 seconds before
>> starting on the next number.  Then at that point it would be ringing 2
>> numbers (with 2 seconds between when each was dialed).
>
> This can be accomplished in the dialplan by calling the first number
> for x seconds (using Dial's timeout option) and when it doesn't
> answer, use a ring group to call several people at once.  I admit it's
> not *EXACTLY* what you're looking for, but it is close enough to be
> usable.

  Is this possible to do via the Manager Interface?

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