[asterisk-dev] makeCall without Physical Phones

[Klaus Darilion]

If you want to start the call not on a real channel but on a dialplan 
extension you can you a pseudo channel:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+local+channels

regards
klaus

PS: This is a user question, not a developer question

On 06.05.2010 10:58, Jeff Siptar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> first of all, please excuse me if my question is not posted in the right
> format. I have read the guidelines and I hope I am following everything
> up to a letter.
>
> I have a question about placing a call with Asterisks using AMI and then
> transferring this call to an extension. Something like an auto-dialer.
> In this case, the call must be originated from an internal DN that does
> not have any physical phone connected to it.
>
> I tried this:
>
> Action: Originate
> Channel: SIP/3000/1800FLOWERS
> Context: default
> Exten: 3000
> Priority: 1
> Callerid: My_Test
> Timeout: 5000
> ActionID: 010009
>
> But, unless I actually have SIP phone registered as 3000, I get an
> exception.
>
> Is there a way around this? For example register a DN in extensions.conf
> that only exists in Asterisks, yet I would be able to place a call from
> it using AMI?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jeff
>
> //
>