[Asterisk-Users] Follow Me & Music on hold

[Kristian Kielhofner]

Me wrote:
> OK, I have an extension setup with a follow me like so:
> 
> ;Operator Going to Sue first, then Mary
> exten => 0,1,playback(pls-wait-connect-call)
> exten => 0,2,Dial(SIP/103,20,mTt)
> exten => 0,3,Dial(SIP/102,20,mTt)
> exten => 0,4,VoiceMail(u0 at mycontext)
> exten => 0,5,Goto,t|1
> 
> 
> This works well except for the fact that the music on hold stops after 
> the first timeout and starts over at the beginning of the next line. 
> What I mean is that the music sort of skips a beat (so to speak) when * 
> stops ring extension 103 and starts ringing extension 102.
> 
> Can someone suggest a better/smoother way to do this so the music just 
> continues to play until both extensions timeout?
> 
> -- 
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What about calling them both at the same time, not sequentially:

exten => 0,1,playback(pls-wait-connect-call)
exten => 0,2,Dial(SIP/103&SIP/102,20,mTt)
exten => 0,3,VoiceMail(u0 at mycontext)
exten => 0,4,Goto,t|1

asterisk -rx "show application Dial"

would have told you this!

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Kristian Kielhofner