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<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yeah, I have it in
my dialplan and use it heavily. Just make another Dial() command to the
cellphone the next priority in the dialplan underneath the Dial() statement for
your extension. For example:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Extension is:
12345</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>SIP extension is:
SIP/12345</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cell number is:
555-1212</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>in
Extensions.conf:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>[myphonecontext]</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>exten =>
12345,1,Dial(SIP/12345,40) 'Dial extension 12345 for 40 seconds. If no one picks
up then...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>exten =>
12345,2,Dial(ZAP/g0/5551212,25) 'Forward the call out to the user's cell. Once
they pick up, a native bridge of ZAP channels occur and Asterisk is out 'of the
media stream</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>exten =>
12345,3,(anything else that happens later, like go to voicemail,
etc)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's important to
time how long it takes for the remote user's cellphone to pick up for voicemail.
If the user's voicemail on the cell kicks in after, say 4 rings, time your
second Dial() command to be just short of that, otherwise the remote caller will
get the cell phone's voicemail, which is probably not the desired behavior. In
my case, I set it for 25 seconds, as our cells' voicemail kicks in after 30
seconds. If there's no call pickup on the cell, call processing continues to the
next priority, which is voicemail or IVR depending on what number they called.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also note that once
the native bridging happens, you are using two lines, 1 inbound to Asterisk, and
1 outbound from Asterisk to the cell phone. Line capacity becomes an issue
unless you have lots of channels, like a PRI, or if your useage is light, like
no more than 1/2 of your total Zap channels could be inbound and forwarded to
your remote user's cells at any one point in time. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=098303321-16052005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>hth</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Theo Chao
[mailto:theochao@hotmail.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 16, 2005 2:39
PM<BR><B>To:</B> asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Asterisk-Users] Forwarding To Cell Phones with Asterrisk
PBX<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My company has a 800 number that we use for
customer service. However, instead of having our customer service reps
at the office, we route these calls to their cell phones using a service
provided by gosolo.com. However our current system isn't ideal because
it will call each number in order causing longer and longer waits when we've
got people on the line. Our goal is to set up a system that allows
us to design the way calls into an 800 number are routed out to our cell
phones.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been reading about Asterisk and VoIP to see
if we can better this process by having all the reps called at once, and
whichever person answers first handles the call. It looks like this may
be possible with the dial command (<A
href="">http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+cmd+DIal</A>)
However, would we be able to forward incoming calls to cellular phones?
The wiki reference for the dial command talks about using channels and the
list of possible channels doesn't seem to have an option for cell
phones. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Additionally, I've looked at <A
href="">http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk%20Connecting%20to%20the%20Cellular%20Network</A>
to see how to connect Asterisk to a cellular network. However it looks
to me like this is a method to take a call placed to a cell phone and route it
so that other home phones could be used instead. Is there a method to go
the other way around and take a call placed to a land line and route it to the
cell phone?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,<BR>Theo</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>