[asterisk-users] Need advice on how to implement this ...

[Richard Mudgett]

> I need some advice on how to implement something in my dialplan.
> 
> Here's the scenario. A call comes in on my [incoming] context and I
> answer it. The call turns out to be for my wife and she needs to
> answer it on a different
> handset somewhere else in the house.
> 
> I've tried call parking but the wife acceptance factor is kind of low
> because we don't do it often enough for her to remember how to park
> and unpark.
> 
> What I'd really like to do is define an easy DTMF sequence in
> features.conf (like 00) that would send the call back into my
> [incoming] context again,
> just like it was a new incoming call. Then it could be picked up
> anywhere in the house.
> 
> What's the best way to go about this? I tried doing an AGI script
> that sets context/extension/priority to where I'd like for it to go
> but it doesn't seem to work.
> 
> Am I on the right track or is there a better way to do this?

You could use DTMF blind transfer to transfer the call back into
the dialplan.

Richard