[Asterisk-Users] Rolling dialplan... best practice?

[Erik]

Ryan Booz wrote:
> I have an Asterisk system for a small office with 12 extensions.  For
> parts of the incoming dialplan that go to “support”/”sales” we have
> phones ring various people in an “additive” fashion.  Example:
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> exten => s,2,Dial(${E25}|18)> 
> exten => s,3,Dial(${E25}&${E24}|12)> 
> exten => s,4,Dial(${E25}&${E24}&${E28}|12)> 
> exten => s,5,Dial(${E25}&${E24}&${E28}&${E22}|12)


Create an waiting extension:
exten => _*XX*XX,1,wait(${EXTEN{1:2})
exten => _*XX*XX,1,dial($EXTEN{3:2})

Then dial using that waiting extension:

exten => s,2,Dial(${E25}&Local/*18*${E24}&Local/*30*${E28}&Local/*42*${E28}&Local/*56*${E22})

This wil dial all the numbers at the same time, however eacht local number waits a bit longer before executing the dial, hence it hunts :)

So ${E25} will ring instant, ${E24} starts ringing 18 seconds later, ${E28} starts 12 seconds after ${E24} (timing is related to the 1st phone ringing)

Kind regards,

Erik


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> This works, but I’ve just realized that it has the unfortunate side
> effect of making each extension appearing to get one call for each
> “Dial” command.  So, ${E25} appears to get four calls if nobody answers
> it and it goes to voicemail.  ${E24} three calls, etc.
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> Is there a better way to do this kind of extension plan?
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> Thanks for any suggestions!
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> Ryan Booz
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> Director of IT
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> Good Steward Software, LLC
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