[Asterisk-Users] call forwarding, most basic case

[Mike Hillerbrand]

By user do you mean the caller (initiator of the call) or the recipient? If
you mean that user is the call recipient, it is very easy. The caller's call
comes to you with its Caller ID--if you want the call to go to VM, then
don't answer the call. I use this for forwarding to other PSTN lines (cell,
remote offices, etc..), although I would guess the same thing applies to SIP
phones. The dial plan variables are only necessary if you want to pass
caller ID from the originating caller through to the forwarded number. If
you don't use the variable then the caller ID you would see would be that
from the Asterisk configuration and not from the actual caller.

The "0" inserted into the number is helpful if you have calls forwarded
simultaneously to your cell phone (or other) so that you can see by the zero
that it is a forwarded call rather than a direct call to your PSTN number (I
guess you could also use this with internal calls to distinguish calls that
are forwarded from different extension numbers). If it is a forwarded call
then by not answering it, it would go to Asterisk VM. If a direct call, it
would go to whatever aswering funtion is set up on your cell phone (or other
PSTN phone). [Please reply through the mailing list]. Mike.

-----Original Message-----
From: Yair Hakak [mailto:yhakak at gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 5:05 PM
To: Mike Hillerbrand
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] call forwarding, most basic case


hi,
 thanks for your answer, but i'm not sure i understand. this dialplan says
1. call the extension
2. set a variable with the callerIDNum
3. dial out to the "follow me" number with a 0 prepended to the callerID
4. switch the callerID back to the original
5. go to voicemail

how does the user turn this on and off? that's what i'm trying to do
in my case. i want the user to be able to switch between asterisk
calling his extension and asterisk sending the call directly to
voicemail.

-yair

On 7/2/05, Mike Hillerbrand <mike at boldmountain.com> wrote:
> Try this
> http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+Tips+follow+me
>
> I used and it works well. Rather than segregate calls based on caller ID,
it
> carries the caller's ID through to the forwarded phone (cell phone, or
> other?), but inserts a "0" before the number, that way you know it is an *
> related call. If you don't answer (don't like the caller) or can't answer,
> the call goes to voice mail.
>
> Mike.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Yair Hakak
> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 3:06 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] call forwarding, most basic case
>
>
> hello all,
>
> i need some help and after trying the wiki i'm even more confused than i
> was.
>
>  i'm trying to set up call forwarding and running into problems...
>  i want the most basic call forwarding imaginable.
>
> 1. caller dials extension (say, 154)
> 2. dialplan is updated to forward caller's extension (based on
> CALLERIDNUM) to voicemail, instead of ringing his endpoint.
> 3. caller is disconnected.
>
> as you can see, i don't want any *21 or #21, and then the number, i
> dont even want the caller to be able to pick the number to forward to,
> the simplest case possible, and a different extension (155) to turn
> the forwarding off (for now, then i'll put them in a menu together or
> something.)
>
> so, i know i need an extension like this:
>
> exten =>154,1, Answer
> exten => 154,2,DBput(CFIM/${CALLERIDNUM}=Voicemail(u{CALLERIDNUM})
> exten =>153,3, Hangup
>
> but line 2 is giving me fits, and the documentation is a bit thin. i'm
> confused about the families in the database - do i have to create
> them, or are they aready there?
>
> of course, if i'm barking up the wrong tree and there's a much simpler
> way to do this please tell me.
>
> thanks,
>  yair
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