[Asterisk-Users] Park a call then hunt for a *willing* person

[Philip Warner]

At 04:19 PM 17/04/2005, C F wrote:
>Use the macro feature in dial (CVS-HEAD only, or apply the patch)
>documented here:

I can't see a way to get Queue to use the macro; it has a limited number of 
options available.

I have tried using 'Local/z at y' as a queue member, but this seems to fork 
off a call *and* continue with the call in the queue. Very weird results.




>http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-asterisk+cmd+dial
>
>
>On 4/17/05, Philip Warner <pjw at rhyme.com.au> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I like to implement something that does the following:
> >
> >   - a call comes in
> >   - answered: "Please enter your code"
> >   - caller types a number, eg. '123'
> >   - caller hears: "we will try to connect you" followed by music.
> >   - asterisk tries calling a series of predefined numbers, asking each
> >     "will you accept a caller using code '123', press 1 for yes, 2 for no"
> >   - when someone accepts, it connects the two callers.
> >
> > Apart from the confirmation message, queueing does this (if I create once
> > queue per allowed 'code').
> >
> > I have tried using parking, but it does not seem to be possible (at least
> > because we can't get the parked extension number for use in a dialplan).
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Philip Warner
> >
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