[Asterisk-Users] Camp on?

[Patrick]

On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 11:10 +0800, Nathan Alberti wrote:
> 
> On 27/04/2006, at 9:15 AM, Eric ManxPower Wieling wrote:
> 
> > Something along the lines of "show application retrydial" ?
> >
> > dthurn at tstt.net.tt wrote:
> >> I am looking for that feature to implement on Asterisk as well.
> >> does anyone know how to implement it/
> >> Thanks!
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Farmer"  
> >> <viperdude_uk at yahoo.co.uk>
> >> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"  
> >> <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:09 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Camp on?
> >>> I believe what you refer to is called "Ring Back When Free" at  
> >>> least thats how I know it in the UK.
> >
> 
> 
> Not quite retrydial, that is more like dial the person and keep  
> dialing the person until they pickup with the ability to listen to  
> MOH while you wait.
> 
> I think what the OP is asking for is call someone, they are busy,  
> press a button to enable callback and as soon as they hang-up from a  
> call  the callers handset starts ringing to let them know the called  
> party is now free, when the caller pickups the phone they are  
> connected to the person they were trying to call.
> 
> I'm not sure how clear my explanation is :S

That explanation is fine :) And you are stressing the right point: the
caller should be able to put down the phone after pressing "5".
RetryDial does not seem to allow that. Perhaps it could be done in "h"
with a DeadAGI but I have no idea how to do that. Suggestion & examples
most welcome.

Regards,
Patrick