[Asterisk-Users] Auto-pickup cisco phones

[Julian Lyndon-Smith]

Is there anyway to force an autopickup on a cisco 7940 / 60 from the 
dialplan ?

My problem is that I am originating a call from the AMI, with the 
internal user being called first, and then connecting to external user. 
However, sometimes the internal user doesn't pick up the phone, so the 
call is never placed. I need to know the results of the call so I need 
to be able to either a) get the phone to answer immediately or b) be 
able to find out somewhere in the dialplan that they didn't answer.

I cannot have the phones autoanswer as a matter of course, but only in 
this scenario.

I also notice that there is no activity on the console *until* the 
internal user picks up the phone.

Julian