[asterisk-users] identifying what a user pressed to reach my phone

[Benny Amorsen]

>>>>> "RS" == Ryan Stille <ryan at cfwebtools.com> writes:

RS> I am a new trixbox user. One of the things I'd like to get working
RS> is being able to tell if a user is calling me by directly dialing
RS> my extension, or if they pressed 1 for sales. When they press 1,
RS> it rings a group of phones, and the call is almost always for
RS> someone else. So I'm always looking at my phone when it rings,
RS> trying to recognize the incoming number and decide if I should
RS> answer it.

My favourite solutions to this one is to either change the ringing
sound for the direct calls (this is phone specific; Snoms can do it at
least) or to add something to CALLERID(name).


/Benny