[Asterisk-Users] Dial multiple extensions, but different variables/timeouts

[Henry Devito]

Check the WIKI there is an example of how to do this very thing.

I implemented it on a customer a few months back and it works great.
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Cisco+7940-7960+auto-answer+config

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luki" <lugosoft at gmail.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:23 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Dial multiple extensions,but different 
variables/timeouts


> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm wondering I would accomplish the following: I want to dial several
> SIP extensions simultaneously, HOWEVER, for different times (say ext
> 10 for 15 sec and ext 11 for 30 sec), and potentially with different
> headers (such as ALERT_INFO) and codecs for each extension. Obviously
> whoever picks up first gets the call. After the longest timeout
> expires (30 sec in this example) I want to move to the next priority,
> say voice mail.
>
> I think this is pushing the ability of the Dial application a bit, but
> I'm curious to hear what suggestions others have. I have already
> patched the Dial app some time ago to allow me to pass different
> variables for each extension (SIP_CODEC and ALERT_INFO) and this works
> quite well -- but I don't think this is the cleanest way of doing it.
> I could certainly tweak it to have different timeouts per extension,
> but I'm looking for ideas/feedback before I do this.
>
> Thanks...
> --Luki
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