[asterisk-users] Pickup() ringing extension and call waiting

[Steve Davies]

On 1/29/07, Dominik Zalewski <dzalewski at open-craft.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm using Asterisk 1.2.14 under openSuSE 10.2 with kernel 2.6.18. I have
> Wildcard TDM400P card and D-Link DPH-120S and DPH-140S SIP phones. I would
> like to be able to pickup ringing extention from any SIP phone using Pickup()
> application.
>
> from my dial plan:
>
> [incoming]
> exten => s,1,Dial(SIP/somebody1|60|tTrR)
>
>
> [internal]
> include => outbound-local
> include => parkedcalls
>
> exten => 200,1,Dial(SIP/somebody1|20|tTrR)
> exten => 201,1,Dial(SIP/somebody2|20|tTrR)
> exten => 202,1,Dial(SIP/somebody3|20|tTrR)
>
> exten => _8.,1,Pickup(${EXTEN:1})
>
> [outbound-local]
> ignorepat => 9
> exten => _9XXX,1,Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN:1}|60|tT)
> exten => _9XXXXX,1,Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN:1}|60|tT)
> exten => _9ZXXXXXX,1,Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN:1}|60|tT)
>
>
> When there is incoming call and extension 200 rings, I press 8200 to pickup a
> call and I get disconnected.
>
> here is debug from asterisk CLI:
>
>   -- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/3-1'
>   -- Executing Dial("Zap/3-1", "SIP/somebody1|60|tTrR") in new stack
>   -- Called somebody1
>   -- SIP/somebody1-081bea58 is ringing
>   -- Executing Pickup("SIP/somebody3-081b3cd8", "200") in new stack
>  == Spawn extension (internal, 8200, 1) exited non-zero
>  on 'SIP/somebody3-081b3cd8'
>

Pickup works on a channel, not on an extension number, so in the above
example you effectively execute
  Pickup(200)
but need to have mapped the 200 so that you do
  Pickup(SIP/somebody1)

Regards,
Steve