[asterisk-users] Re: how to define a pilot number

[Lito Lampitoc]

thanks for enlightening. So you mean, if I have 3 lines when the caller
dialled the first line and it was busy, the call will be diverted to the
next two available lines in random?

On 3/27/07, David Cook <dbc_asterisk at advan.ca> wrote:
>
> > is it possible to define a pilot number in asterisk, say I have 3
> direct
> > lines and I want one of those direct lines to be used as pilot number?
> > When that number is contacted it will be redirected to  the  available
> zap
> > and original zap that receive it will be freed to receive another
> call.
> > It can only be used when all 2 lines ares used.
> Lito
>
> I'm assuming you are talking about analog lines as PRI's will do this
> more-or-less naturally.
>
> This is a telco feature as opposed to an Asterisk feature. Here in Bell
> Canada country they call it "Ringer Equivalence". Call your local
> carrier and they should be able to tell you what they call it in their
> marketing world. You tell the telco which lines you want the calls to
> "roll" to then all three will terminate calls to the pilot number.
>
> Now it doesn't work exactly as you had described - it doesn't move the
> call so as to free up the first port. It merely says the first port is
> busy and terminates the next call on the next port in sequence. This
> means you can't count on which line is "available" at any time. For
> outbound, you need to put the three lines in an Asterisk group and test
> the group for availability to select an available line to dial out on.
>
> dbc.
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> David Cook
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