[asterisk-users] how to avoid call waiting? Or check DIALSTATUS before Dial()?

[sean darcy]

Yehavi Bourvine wrote:
> You check for BUSY. Check for IN_USE instead. That's what I do here (on 
> 1.4, but I guess that 1.6 behaves similarly).
>  
> When an extension is in IN_USE state I have a decision tree after 
> consulting a database:
>  
> 
>     * If the user wants waiting call - dial him/her/
>     * If the user doesn;t want waiting call but wants voicemail answer -
>       send to voicemail with B prefix.
>     * If niether is wanted - play busy.
> 
>                       Regards, __Yehavi:
>  

Great. Do you have a dialplan snippet you'd be willing to share?

sean