[Asterisk-Users] Call Interception

[Rich Adamson]

> > What you are asking for (in US terms) is directed call pickup.
> >
> > Asterisk does not have a directed call pickup implemented
> > within it. Not sure how one would try to implement that, but
> > a guess would be that it would require an external script
> > or app of some sort.
> 
> Actually I've just tested this. I'm using * 1.0.7 with bristuff.
> There is an application PickupChan:
> 
> *CLI> show application PickupChan
> *CLI>
>   -= Info about application 'PickupChan' =-
> 
> [Synopsis]:
> Channel independent call pickup.
> 
> [Description]:
>   PickupChan(Technology/resource[&Technology2/resource2...]):  Tries to
> pickup the first ringing channel in the parameter list.
> 
> It's working fine, although I'm not sure if it comes with asterisk or with
> bristuff ...

What the OP was asking about was... if * phone x123 and x234 are both
ringing, how can he remotely pickup the call from x123 _only_.