[Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7940 and multiple simultaneous calls

[Ben Bush]

I get the results you want by assigning the same extension to multiple 
lines on the phone.

Ben

Friend, George E. wrote:
> I'm pretty new at this stuff, but I believe you will need to configure
> two different extensions and then roll from one to the other.  Without
> that, it behaves like call-waiting on one line.
> 
> George
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve
> Philp
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:56 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7940 and multiple simultaneous calls
> 
> We've just started testing with Asterisk (CVS HEAD) and a pair of Cisco
> 7940G phones running the SIP 6.3 firmware. 
> 
> One issue that we've run into is the ability to have multiple calls ring
> to
> the phone.  Our scenario is that the user is using an extension and
> another
> call comes in for that extension.  We'd like to have that second call
> ring
> the second line -- the same extension is configured on both lines.
> Currently, the second call is being sent to voicemail with the message
> that
> the extension is busy.
> 
> Is it possible to configure Asterisk and the 7940 to carry out the
> process
> we'd prefer?  Could someone share a dialplan that would do this?
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> --
> Steve Philp	
> 
> 
>