[Asterisk-Users] Seize phone line

[Time Bandit]

> On a related issue, at locations where we have 3 or 4 phone lines connected
> to asterisk and they are all in use and someone dials 911 we want it to
> disconnect one of the active calls so the 911 call can be made.   Does
> anyone know how to do this?  Would I need to use a device like the above or
> is there a way in software to do this?

In your dialplan where you handle 911 calls, you could just hangup a
line (ex.: ZAP/4) then dial 911 on that line. If the line is not used,
the hangup won't do anything, so no harm done.

hth