[Asterisk-Users] paging system (long)

[Mark Spencer]

You could use, for example, Local/1234 as the channel, then do:

exten => 1234,1,Dial(Zap/g2/${FIRST},20)
exten => 1234,2,Dial(Zap/g2/${SECOND},20)
exten => 1234,3,Dial(Zap/g2/${THIRD},20)

and so on...  Be sure your max timeout is long enough in your .call file
though that creates it.

Mark

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Jon Pounder wrote:

> I'm back on the paging again - still can't get it working as I wish.
>
>
> I have listed two attempts below where I run into basically the same problem
> [pagejon] - I drop a file in the spool directory that starts that context,
> I must use a device though that the outbound call is placed by. The phones
> ring, and when picked up get connected to the device I specify - the
> festival stuff is never played that I can tell.
>
> problem - I don't want the call connected to a local device. I want the
> called party to hear the festival text if they answer, and if not,
> subsequent dials to other numbers should take place in order until one answers.
>
>
> [pagejon]
>
> exten => 1,1,Dial(${jonexts}|25)
> exten => 1,2,festival,you didn't answer
> exten => 1,102,festival,you answered
>
>
> Second attempt - all goes well leaving the message. Then I want to hangup
> on the caller in some way (which 899 does), in reality the caller stays
> connected, and then the "pagee's" extensions start to ring. If I use a
> hangup directly the script stops there.
>
> This is what I want to happen :
> 1)authenticate (works)
> 2) leave message (works if they hit # and don't hangup)
> 3) then hangup on caller, but keep thread running
> 4) dial to first set of pagee's extensions, wait for answer
> 5) if unanswered dial another set of numbers and wait
> 6) when something is answered play a festival message
> 7) transfer the pagee to voicemail so they can listen to the message just
> left for them
>
>
> [paging]
> ; page jon
> exten => 870,1,authenticate,/etc/asterisk/pageraccess
> exten => 870,2,Voicemail,u5901		; record their message in the "paging box"
> exten => 870,3,transfer,899|1			; hangup
> exten => 870,4,goto,104			;
> exten => 870,103,wait,0			; need this since hangup could fail as well as vm
> exten => 870,104,SetCallerid,Pager <870>
> exten => 870,105,Dial,${JonExts}|30		; jon house phones
> exten => 870,106,goto,107
> exten => 870,206,Dial,zap/g2/${JonCell}|60
> exten => 870,207,festival,you were paged.
> exten => 870,208,Voicemailmain
>
>
> help ?
>
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