[Asterisk-Users] Hook/Flash, Hold, Call Waiting, Three Way Calling

[Eric Wieling aka ManxPower]

PHP Mechanic wrote:
> Hi, I have a TDM411B and when I am using asterisk I can't get hook/flash 
> or hold to work when using asterisk, which means I can't use three way 
> calling or the call waiting functions. I've tried using combinations of  
> hook flash button and "*0" on three different phones and I dont get a 
> dial tone, the other party is not put on hold, and I don't see the keys 
> I'm pressing in the CLI.
> 
> When I take asterisk out of the equasion and plug the analoge phones 
> directly into the telephone line everything works as you would expect. 
> Can someone post an example of a working extensions.conf / zapata.conf  
> where they use hook/flash that I can try.

Do you have the following in your /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf BEFORE the 
channel number?

;
; Support three-way calling
;
threewaycalling=yes
;
; Support flash-hook call transfer (requires three way calling)
;
transfer=yes