[Asterisk-Users] Call pickup

[Walt Reed]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 01:26:22PM +0100, Leandro said:
> From: "Walt Reed" <asterisk at linuxguy.com>
> > On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 11:04:59AM +0100, Leandro said:
> > > I don't understand how to get call pickup to work with asterisk.
> > > Have I to define *8 extension in the dialplan? to what?
> > > Have I to include something, like for parked call?
> > > Has the stable 1.0.2 version the pickup group feature?
> > > or I need to patch it with bristuff?
> >
> > Search the wiki for call pickup. It's all there.
> 
> Unfortunately I have already read all the readable on wiki without
> understanding the needed steps to get call pickup to work. Can you please
> answer my questions?

What particular part do you not understand?

The first search result hit describes call pickup in general.

The second describes how to create pickup groups. You need to do this.

The third shows where *8 is defined and that you can change it to
something else. *8 has been built-into asterisk for a very long time. In
1.0.2 you can change it to some other code.

That's it. Once you have defined your groups for all the different
channels you have (SIP, Zap, IAX, etc.), it just works. If you have
problems, you will need to give detailed information on how you have
your groups set in all the various channels involved, log examples, etc.
Make sure you look at the example configuration files that come with
asterisk.