[Asterisk-Users] switch ivr menu on/off remotely?

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Saturday 21 February 2004 06:25, Rich Adamson wrote:
> I'm toying with implementing a function that allows me to
> enable/disable the ivr menues by simply dialing a preprogrammed
> extension. Something like dial x111 to enable ivr for all incoming
> calls, and x222 to disable (bypass) the ivr and have subsequent
> incoming calls ring a predefined extension. (Sort of a simply way to
> not force incoming calls to the ivr when we're in the office.)
>
> Is setting a flag using dbput and dbget a reasonable way to store the
> flag?

Yep.  We use this, ourselves, both for the office announcement (open/
closed) as well as for individual extensions (here/away).

-Tilghman