[Asterisk-Users] Initiating a transfer from an analog handset?

[Peter Svensson]

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Jamin W. Collins wrote:

> Is there a way to initiate a transfer using an analog handset?  For 
> instance I'm looking for a way to do something like the following:
> 
> External call comes in and is answered by user A.  After talking to the 
> caller they determine that the caller really needs to speak to user B.  
> Is there any way for user A to initiate a transfer to user B, using 
> only their analog handset?
> 
> Now to make things possibly more complex, is the above still possible 
> if the analog handset is connected to a Zhone Zplex channel bank?

For zap-connected (i.e. tdm) handsets you can use the hook flash to
transfer calls. Alternativly you can enable the pound transfer feature
(see the documentation for the Dial application).

I am not familiar with the Zhone Zplex channel bank.

Peter