[Asterisk-Users] Autodial on off-hook?

[Leo Ann Boon]

Craig Guy wrote:

>You can get a Grandstream BT101 with this functionality already builtin -
>configuration option 'Offhook Auto-Dial', same with the Handytone 286 for
>use with an analog line.
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>Aside from these phones, I'm not sure in general how you would detect a
>handset going off-hook - I don't believe there is any notify message in SIP
>to notify an offhook event.
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You can easily achieve this using MGCP. I've used the ATA-186 and DLink 
DG104S in this mode. Make sure you have immediate=yes in your mgcp.conf. 
Once the phone goes off hook, * will execute the 's' extension in the 
MGCP device's context.