[Asterisk-Users] Call Transfer problems-am I missing something?

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

David Bandel wrote:
> On 10/30/05, alex at lava-net.com <alex at lava-net.com> wrote:
> 
>>Hi All,
>>
>>Recently got call-transfer somewhat working on my asterisk-1.0.9
>>install, and came across an interesting problem.  I have an account on a
>>VOIP Provider (voipbuster using iax to be exact) and use a line like
>>this in extensions.conf to have it handle all outgoing calls beginning
>>with 1:
>>exten => _1NNXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(voipbuster/00${EXTEN},t)
>>When I call someone and press # on the phone ( I've tried this with
>>various softphones and a regular phone connected to a linksys pap2)
>>Nothing happens.However, if the called party presses # they get the
>>extension prompt, and can then transfer me to an other extension.  Does
>>anyone know why the calling party can't initiate the transfer? am I
>>missing something?
> 
> 
> Yes.  The ,t  in the Dial() options is for callee, the T is for
> caller.  ,tT is for both.

As is documented in "show application dial" in the Asterisk CLI.