[Asterisk-Users] Want to automatically park call and have callerhear ring tones

[Joseph Tanner]

Having a dummy extension ring sounds like a great idea, but I'm not
sure how to implement it.  Can it ring the console if there's no
soundcard on the server?  Already ran into an issue with not having a
soundcard with ztmonitor, but was able to work around that.  Is there
another way to create a dummy extension?  If not, I have a couple old
sip boxes not in use (they don't support callerid with sip firmware,
so they're just doorstops now).  Guess I could set one of those up.

Thanks for the tip!

On 1/25/06, David S. Madole <david at madole.net> wrote:
> From: "Joseph Tanner" <joseph at thetechguide.com>
> >
> > Here's the short of it.
>
> I don't think so!
>
> > I have an Asterisk 1.2.1 system setup to
> > handle both personal and business calls.  Now, the business callers
> > will hear music while on hold, so the default MOH needs to play
> > ...
> > My solution was to have asterisk park the call for 15 seconds, send
> > the callerid information to a YAC listener on my laptop and our TiVo,
> > and I can pick up any phone and dial "4" to pick up the parked call.
> > Works perfect, except parked callers hear music, not ringing.
> > ...
> > Is there a way to have a call parked, and have the caller hear the
> > default ringing tones, and not have to mess around with MOH?
>
> How about you just don't answer the call in the first place?
>
> Ring it through to an extension that doesn't actually ring (maybe the
> console?) and then use pickup to answer from another phone in the same
> pickup group. This could be used for your music on hold case also by
> using the "m" modifier on the Dial command to the non-ringing extension.
>
> David
>
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