[Asterisk-Users] Meet me conferencing without blind transfers (Asterisk@home)

[Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC]

rather than using the blind and attended transfer functions built into 
the phones, try asterisk's features.conf -- we use ** for attended and 
## for blind. (always use blind for meetme conferences.)

as for the difference between attended and blind, here's blind:

Person A calls Person B and asks for Person C.  Person B does a blind 
transfer to Person C's extension.  This disconnects Person B from the 
conversation and puts Person A on hold.  Person C's phone rings, and 
when he picks it up, Person A will be there.

here's attended:

Person A calls Person B and asks for Person C.  Person B does an 
attended transfer to Person C's extension.  This disconnects Person B 
from the conversation and puts Person A on hold.  Person C's phone 
rings, and when he picks it up, Person B will be there.  Person B 
introduces Person A and/or otherwise prepares Person C for the 
conversation.  If Person C does not want to talk to Person A, Person C 
hangs up, and Person B is reconnected to Person A.  If, however, Person 
C _does_ want to talk to Person A, Person _B_ hangs up.  Persons A and C 
  are now connected.

Moj

jennyw wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using Asterisk at home and am having trouble using the conference 
> bridge that comes built in. We're using Polycom phones.
> 
> When we transfer the first person into the conference room (e.g. 8101) , 
> they get into the room fine. When we try to transfer a second person 
> into the conference room, they get dropped as soon as we finish the 
> transfer.  This is using Polycom SoundPoint 301 phones.  Now when we use 
> a Polycom SoundPoint 501 phone, we have an option to do a blind transfer 
> when we transfer someone (appears the first time you hit the transfer 
> button). When we do this, people stay transferred and everything works 
> great. However ... we only have one 501 and the rest are 301s. So my 
> questions are:
> 
> * What's the difference between a blind transfer and a regular transfer?
> 
> * Is it possible to do a blind transfer from a Polycom SoundPoint 301?
> 
> * Is there another way to get this to work?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jen
> 
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Mojo <mojo at horanappraisals.com>
Office Manger, Horan & Company, LLC
(907) 747-6666 x112