[Asterisk-Users] one extention, multiple phones

[Chris]

On the Merlin Legend I believe the function you're talking about is on the
MLX-20 receptionis's console. When the system is in hybrid-PBX mode, you can
simply press a line button that's in-use and you can listen in on the
conversation and even talk, it basically puts you in a conference with the
other person without actually setting up a conference.

Not sure what the equivalent of that in * is... or if there even is one...

    -Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reid A. Forrest" <reid at cvtelecom.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 8:10 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] one extention, multiple phones


> On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 20:11, Sean McKay wrote:
> > Say I want someone to join in on the conversation, I'd rather much have
> > them be able to just lift the receiver and begin to talk rather than
have
> > to do conferencing.
> >
> >  This is done on PSTN (normal home phone), and I've seen it done on
PBX's
> > such as the AT&T Merlin and NT Meridian systems. Since the application
I'd
> > be setting up is basicly upgrading from PSTN to VOIP I'd like to keep
that
> > feature of being able to share a call (w/o conference) or pick up a call
> > on another phone without having to use transfer (blind or regular).
> >
> >  Also I'd like to say I believe this is possible with the CCM otherwise
> > how could an agent (operator) be able to monitor which extensions are in
> > use with the 7960 expansion device?
> >
> >
> I think you're talking about two different functions. I'm a little bit
> rusty on Meridian (it's been a few years since I've worked on them), but
> I don't think it can do this either. Monitoring an extension for busy
> status is done all the time (IIRC Nortel calls this busy lamp field),
> but you still can't just pick up an in-use extension and start talking.
> You have to bridge the channels.
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