[Asterisk-Users] *8 and group pickup not working

[Alan Harrison]

On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:32, Angus Comber wrote:
Hi

I have Polycom 600s and 500s but I find that we need to dial *8 then send.  If 
we pickup then dial *8 the phone or Asterisk re-aranges it to 8*.  Likewise 
with *97 and *98 foes to 9*7 and 9*8.

This might help.

> Hello
>
> I have a Junghanns ISDN BRI card for incoming calls and use SIP Polycom
> IP300 phones.
>
> My config files look like this:
>
> features.conf
> pickupextn = *8
>
> zapata.conf
> context=frompstnisdn
> group=1
> callgroup=1
> pickupgroup=1
>
> I also edited sip.conf like this:
> group=1
> callgroup=1
> pickupgroup=1
>
>
> But on internal and incoming calls if I dial *8 from any phone I cannot
> pickup.  Do I need to add anything to extensions.conf?  do something else.
> I also tested with a Snom 190 and that cannot pickup using *8 either!
>
> Angus
>
>
>
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Alan Harrison
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