[Asterisk-Users] call forwarding, most basic case

[Yair Hakak]

hello Mike,
 we are talking about very different things here. please look at my
original mail again. I want the call recipient to be able to toggle on
and off "do not disturb". I don't want the phone to ring at all.

thanks,
 yair


On 7/3/05, Mike Hillerbrand <mike at boldmountain.com> wrote:
> By user do you mean the caller (initiator of the call) or the recipient? If
> you mean that user is the call recipient, it is very easy. The caller's call
> comes to you with its Caller ID--if you want the call to go to VM, then
> don't answer the call. I use this for forwarding to other PSTN lines (cell,
> remote offices, etc..), although I would guess the same thing applies to SIP
> phones. The dial plan variables are only necessary if you want to pass
> caller ID from the originating caller through to the forwarded number. If
> you don't use the variable then the caller ID you would see would be that
> from the Asterisk configuration and not from the actual caller.
> 
> The "0" inserted into the number is helpful if you have calls forwarded
> simultaneously to your cell phone (or other) so that you can see by the zero
> that it is a forwarded call rather than a direct call to your PSTN number (I
> guess you could also use this with internal calls to distinguish calls that
> are forwarded from different extension numbers). If it is a forwarded call
> then by not answering it, it would go to Asterisk VM. If a direct call, it
> would go to whatever aswering funtion is set up on your cell phone (or other
> PSTN phone). [Please reply through the mailing list]. Mike.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yair Hakak [mailto:yhakak at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 5:05 PM
> To: Mike Hillerbrand
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] call forwarding, most basic case
> 
> 
> hi,
>  thanks for your answer, but i'm not sure i understand. this dialplan says
> 1. call the extension
> 2. set a variable with the callerIDNum
> 3. dial out to the "follow me" number with a 0 prepended to the callerID
> 4. switch the callerID back to the original
> 5. go to voicemail
> 
> how does the user turn this on and off? that's what i'm trying to do
> in my case. i want the user to be able to switch between asterisk
> calling his extension and asterisk sending the call directly to
> voicemail.
> 
> -yair
> 
> On 7/2/05, Mike Hillerbrand <mike at boldmountain.com> wrote:
> > Try this
> > http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+Tips+follow+me
> >
> > I used and it works well. Rather than segregate calls based on caller ID,
> it
> > carries the caller's ID through to the forwarded phone (cell phone, or
> > other?), but inserts a "0" before the number, that way you know it is an *
> > related call. If you don't answer (don't like the caller) or can't answer,
> > the call goes to voice mail.
> >
> > Mike.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Yair Hakak
> > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 3:06 PM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] call forwarding, most basic case
> >
> >
> > hello all,
> >
> > i need some help and after trying the wiki i'm even more confused than i
> > was.
> >
> >  i'm trying to set up call forwarding and running into problems...
> >  i want the most basic call forwarding imaginable.
> >
> > 1. caller dials extension (say, 154)
> > 2. dialplan is updated to forward caller's extension (based on
> > CALLERIDNUM) to voicemail, instead of ringing his endpoint.
> > 3. caller is disconnected.
> >
> > as you can see, i don't want any *21 or #21, and then the number, i
> > dont even want the caller to be able to pick the number to forward to,
> > the simplest case possible, and a different extension (155) to turn
> > the forwarding off (for now, then i'll put them in a menu together or
> > something.)
> >
> > so, i know i need an extension like this:
> >
> > exten =>154,1, Answer
> > exten => 154,2,DBput(CFIM/${CALLERIDNUM}=Voicemail(u{CALLERIDNUM})
> > exten =>153,3, Hangup
> >
> > but line 2 is giving me fits, and the documentation is a bit thin. i'm
> > confused about the families in the database - do i have to create
> > them, or are they aready there?
> >
> > of course, if i'm barking up the wrong tree and there's a much simpler
> > way to do this please tell me.
> >
> > thanks,
> >  yair
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