[asterisk-users] howto set up persistent dynamic meetme

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Saturday 16 May 2009 08:21:43 sean darcy wrote:
> With 1.6.1, I'm trying to set up a test of meetme for creating dynamic
> conferences.
>
> extensions.conf:
>
> [meetme]
> exten => 2663,1,MeetMe(,De)
> exten => 2663,n,Hangup()
>
> exten => 2666,1,MeetMe()
> exten => 2666,n,Hangup()
>
>
> What I'm expecting is to dial 2663, get a conference room number ( 600,
> I suppose since it's the only room ), and set a PIN. Hangup.
>
> Then users would dial 2666 enter the conference room number and the PIN,
> and be placed in conference.
>
> The problem is that as soon as 2663 hangs up, the conference disappears.
> What I'd like is to have the conference stay up for some period of time
> after 2663 hangs up. That way I could schedule a conference for a
> specific time, set it up beforehand, and email everyone the conference
> number and pin.
>
> I don't want the conference to stay up forever, since I'd like new pin's
> each time.
>
> This should be a common use case. How do you do it?

In Asterisk 1.6, user DEA contributed realtime capabilities to MeetMe, which
allows the capability of scheduling conferences, with new pins each time.  I
believe this would meet the needs your question has posed.

-- 
Tilghman