[Asterisk-Users] Re: Putting a call on hold

[Deon Rodden]

I believe this has something to do with the converter. With my 
Sipura-2000 if I hit flash, it puts the person on hold and I get a new 
dialtone to place a call. From there I can call another number, and if I 
hit flash again, it 3 way calls them. If I hang up, it leaves the other 
two people connected, so it's essentially a transfer.  However, if I 
don't dial another number, and just let it sit there with the new 
dial-tone, it will eventually time out and go silent, but the other 
person is still on hold. When I want them back, I just hit flash again, 
and I get them back. That's how I put them on hold.

I discovered with the Cisco ATA 186 it doesn't work the same way, at 
least as far as transfers go. If I 3 way call, and then hang up, it 
hangs up on both parties instead of leaving them connected.

Marconi Rivello wrote:

>On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:13:45 -0300, Marconi Rivello
><marconirivello at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>
>>How do I put a call on hold? If i press # the music on hold plays to
>>the other person, but asterisk asks for a number to transfer... I
>>don't want to transfer, I simply want to put the person on hold, so
>>he/she can hear the music while I do something, then get them off
>>hold. Is it possible?
>>
>>The scenario: The person calls me from a SIP phone, and I receive the
>>call in a regular PSTN phone, from the FXO. I don't want any of the calls
>>to get disconnected.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
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>>
>
>I managed to do what I wanted. I just changed the transferdigittimeout
>value in the features.conf to a high value... So, when I want to leave
>the person waiting while I do something, I just press # and leave the
>phone there... When I come back, I press # again, asterisk tells me
>that that's not a valid number, and gets the call back to normal. :)
>
>Marconi.
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