[asterisk-users] Dial timeout to cell phones

[Steve Repo]

>
> It was challenging to figure this out, since a lot of the online
> examples seem to work differently, depending on older versions of Asterisk.
>
> I wanted to ring my cellphone (via SIP provider) and deskphone (via Zap)
> simultaneously, but didn't want the call to end up with the cellphone
> voicemail, so press "1" on my cellphone if I want to accept the call
> there. I even see the original caller ID of the inbound caller on my
> cellphone, since I'm out-dialing via a SIP provider.
>
> [inbound]
> exten => 2155551212,1,Playtones(ring) ; play fake ring so caller doesn't wonder
> exten => 2155551212,n,Dial(Zap/g10&local/101 at internals,,) ; ring FXS and cell
>
> ; http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+Local+channels
> ;
> [internals]
> exten => 101,1,Dial(${MARKCELL},30,tM(screen)) ; play message before connecting
>
> ; http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+tips+findme
> ; play message to cellphone before connecting inbound call
> ; http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-dev/2005-June/013598.html
> ;
> [macro-screen]
> exten => s,1,Wait(0.5)
> exten => s,n,Read(ACCEPT,inbound,1,,1,20)
> exten => s,n,GotoIf($["${ACCEPT}" = "1"]?yes:no)
> exten => s,n(yes),Background(connecting)
> exten => s,n,Goto(end) ; Continue on in dialplan to bridge the call
> exten => s,n(no),Set(MACRO_RESULT=CONTINUE) ; Hangup the called party and continue on in the dialplan
> exten => s,n(end),NoOp
>


Thanks for the detailed response, Mark. Looks like a clever trick!

I'll try this out and post results soon.

Steve