[Asterisk-Users] Auto-pickup cisco phones

[C F]

Someone has written a script that uses telnet to log into the phone,
and issue the test commands to answer the call. Search the lists it
should be somewhere.


On 6/15/06, Julian Lyndon-Smith <asterisk at dotr.com> wrote:
> Is there anyway to force an autopickup on a cisco 7940 / 60 from the
> dialplan ?
>
> My problem is that I am originating a call from the AMI, with the
> internal user being called first, and then connecting to external user.
> However, sometimes the internal user doesn't pick up the phone, so the
> call is never placed. I need to know the results of the call so I need
> to be able to either a) get the phone to answer immediately or b) be
> able to find out somewhere in the dialplan that they didn't answer.
>
> I cannot have the phones autoanswer as a matter of course, but only in
> this scenario.
>
> I also notice that there is no activity on the console *until* the
> internal user picks up the phone.
>
> Julian
> _______________________________________________
> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
>
> Asterisk-Users mailing list
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
>