[asterisk-users] Re: MeetMe and ChannelRedirect

[Andrew Furey]

On 17/05/07, Tony Mountifield <tony at softins.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <464B67D9.3080801 at visionbr.com.br>,
> Rafael Vidal Aroca <rafael at visionbr.com.br> wrote:
> >     i'm trying to implement the following scenario:
> >
> >     - A user calls number 700
> >     - Asterisk then dials to extensions 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500
> >     - And then bridges all calls to a conference room
> >
> >     I tried to use MeetMe and ChannelRedirect, but seems that after
> > channel redirect nothing more is executed. So, this seem to work for the
> > caller and first called, but the others stay outside.
> >
> >     Could anyone help or give me a hint?
>
> The way I did this kind of thing was like this:
>
> 1. Extension 700 calls an AGI script which generates a .call file in
> /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing for each of the calls to the other extensions.
> Extension 700 then drops into the Meetme room to wait for the others.
>
> 2. Each call file specifies a Local channel to make the call to the
> extension,
> and uses the Context, Extension and Priority fields to direct the answered
> call into the Meetme room.
>
> If any of the calls to the other extensions fails (e.g. busy), you don't get
> any notification of that. If you want such notification, you will need to
> get a lot more complex, probably involving a controlling process using the
> Manager API.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers
> Tony
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