[asterisk-users] transfer option and pressing #

[Brent Davidson]

Alex Samad wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have setup forwarding - xfering - where you press # and then the
> extension. I add t to the dial cmd.
>
> My problem is that when you call something like internet banking they
> want #, but when # is pressed asterisk gets it instead. is there a way
> around this ?
>
> I haven't been able to get asterisk to listen to flash either 
>
>
> Alex
>   
The easiest solution would probably be to look in features.conf and 
change the option for forwarding to require two consecutive # presses.

The other option would be to put an explicit dial rule for the numbers 
that need the # bypass and have them omit T and from the dial command.

You could also set up a dat abase with a simple web front end for your 
users to enter numbers that need to have the transfer function bypassed 
and do something like this (I use AEL so this is in AEL Format)

macro specialDial (ext) {
    if (${DB_EXISTS(bypass/${ext})}) {
       Dial (${TRUNK}/${ext});            // Dial without transfer
    } else {
       Dial (${TRUNK}/${ext},,T);         // Dial With Transfer
    }
}

This is assuming you create a table called "Bypass" in your Asterisk 
Database and add the number to the database.

Good luck,
Brent