[Asterisk-Users] Call Interception

[Alex]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Josiah Bryan
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 3:44 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Call Interception
> 
> There is no way to do that (that I know of) in the default Asterisk setup.
> 
> Which is I wrote a little Perl AGI script that lets users dial 200 to
> pickup a
> call. (Dial 200, then dial the extension at the prompt. The users phone
> then
> rings, with caller ID on the screen.) This works for any ringing channel
> on
> Asterisk, regardless of callgroup or pickupgroup. I suppose that could be
> added to 'limit' users, but its currently not implemented. You can pickup
> any
> channel that is ringing (SIP, Zap, etc.) with this script, since it just
> issues a Manager 'Redirect' action.
> 
> Usage:
> 
> exten => 200,1,AGI(pickup.pl)
> 
> If anyone is interested in pickup.pl, let me know and I'll see what I can
> do
> to make it available.

Hi,

I think it could be a very interesting workaround. I'd like to test your
script on my Asterisk, could you make it available for download or send it
to my e-mail address, please?

Thanks,

Alex