[asterisk-dev] Dial() Staggering

[Russell Bryant]

Nicholas Blasgen wrote:
>> You can do this in the dialplan:
>> exten => bla,1,Dial(SIP/1,2)
>> exten => bla,n,Dial(SIP/1&SIP/2,2)
>> exten => bla,n,Dial(SIP/1&SIP/2&SIP/3,2)
> 
> 
> Your Dialplan there will dial the first line for a maximum of 2 seconds.
> I'm not even sure if they'll hear it ring.  I'd rather call all lines for
> something like 30 seconds but stagger the calls a few seconds apart to make
> sure the people who should be answering the calls have a better oportunity
> to do so.
> 
> But your dialplan isn't horribe.  It's what I want, but without hanging up
> and dialing again.  If just it would keep SIP/1 in your example active the
> entire time.  Also, for me this is a PSTN non-local network so it requires
> the long wait time between the 10 digit phone number being dialed and the
> agent picking up the phone.

Do it like oej said, by using local channels.  Here is an untested example.

[default]

exten => blah,1,Dial(SIP/callnow&Local/wait2&Local/wait4&Local/wait6)

exten => wait2,1,Wait(2)
exten => wait2,n,Dial(SIP/123)

exten => wait4,1,Wait(4)
exten => wait4,n,Dial(SIP/456)

exten => wait6,1,Wait(6)
exten => wait6,n,Dial(SIP/789)

-- 
Russell Bryant
Software Engineer
Digium, Inc.