[Asterisk-Users] Features.conf - atxfer

[Greg Oliver]

You can use super-valet-parking

On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 06:18 -0500, Mike Holloway wrote:
> Reading through the code, I don't see a way of exiting the transfer and 
> regaining the call with the customer, unless the third party hangs up or 
> maybe doesn't answer and the dialplan doesn't do anything else with the 
> call (send the call into voicemail).
> 
> I suggest you request this feature (http://bugs.digium.com), but as an 
> interim solution you can create a dialplan for internal extensions that 
> does not send the call to voicemail if unanswered, and only dials the 
> third party for a limited amount of time (20 seconds?).
> 
> You could preface these special extensions with a sequence, such as 9, 
> or 777 or whatever. Assuming your extensions are 1xx:
> 
> exten => _7771XX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN:3},20)
> exten => _7771XX,2,Hangup
> 
> -mike
> 
> 
> Mark Johnson wrote:
> > I am trying out the new atxfer feature from CVS-HEAD.  I set atxfer 
> > equal to *7 and it seems to work OK.  I am having a problem getting it 
> > to work the way a receptionist would want.  If an extension calls me, I 
> > hit *7 and I hear the voice say "transfer".  I dial another extension.  
> > If the newly dialed extension goes to voicemail, I can't figure out how 
> > to get the original call back to tell them the person they are trying to 
> > reach is unavailable.  Anything I try bridges the call and the caller go 
> > into like the 2nd half of the voicemail greeting.  Is there some trick 
> > to this?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Mark
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