[Asterisk-Users] Re: Setting a "Forward" to an external number on your phone

[Jui]

Hi Shaun,

thanks for the quick reply. I am using different phones. As IP Phones I 
am using SNOM 190s, but in addition I ahva a "legacy" ISDN-PBX attached 
to Asterisk with some ISDN DECT phones connected to it.
When using the IP phones I guess it might be possible that the IP phone 
does the Call Forward internally (Although I don't know how this is done 
because the froward target could be an other SIP-Client somewhere in the 
world as well as any phone connected to PSTN or POTS somewhere in the 
world).
Therefore I am looking for a solution that works independently of the 
device you are using (ISDN phone, IP phone, etc.). What I thought of is 
telling Asterisk to change the dialpan dynamically for a while by 
entering a "string" on the phone of your choice. In case of an IP phone 
it might be possible to program this string to a programmable key.

Maybe I am just thinking too complex about the whole thing and there is 
an easy solution?

Jui

Shaun Ewing wrote:
>>I am leaving my office and I want to tell asterisk to forward calls now
>>to my mobile phone by just hitting a key (on my IP-Phone) or by using a
>>special key-sequence.
>>
> 
> 
> What type phones are you using?
> 
> I know that with the Cisco 7940 and 7960 phones that we use, one can
> just hit the "CFwdAll' softkey, enter a number (eg: mobile, or another
> extension) and press accept.
> 
> To cancel call forwarding, just press CFwdAll again. 
> 
> Pretty simple.
> 
> Caveat: This method will occupy two lines whenever a call is
> forwarded. If you use an analogue interface, it's also possible that
> the lines will be tied up "forever" because if they don't know the
> caller has hung up. The latter isn't an issue with ISDN though (which
> we use).
>