[Asterisk-Users] Grandstream transfer into outer space

[Andres]

Why don't you use "ï" in your extensions.conf to catch any invalid dialed
number and send it back to the operator.

exten => i,1,Goto(MainMenu,1000,1)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Rosenberg" <jr at amanue.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Grandstream transfer into outer space


> On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 05:14:35PM -0500, I wrote:
> > So: now I've got my caller just sitting there, transferred into nowhere.
> > Is there a way to pick the caller up? I haven't found a way to do this.
>
> Sorry to be a nag, but no one answered the original question. Is there a
> way to pick up a stranded call???
>
> If Asterisk "doesn't do this", what about the idea of creating a new
> channel for this purpose? It seems to me it should be feasible, but I
> haven't spent any time with the code, so am just speculating off the top
> of my head. It could work kind of like picking up a parked call: you'd
> have a .conf where you specifiy e.g. an extension that will pick up the
> first stranded call.
>
> It seems to me this issue is pretty important. If you're thinking of
> Asterisk competing against a commerical PBX, having a situation where a
> call can get stranded with no way to pick it up is a significant flaw.
> I've seen PBXs that could be set up so that any call not picked up
> after some length of time magically rang back to the operator.
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