[asterisk-users] Bringing people into a conference

[Matt Riddell]

On 23/09/09 5:07 PM, Harley Holcombe wrote:
> G'day all, I'm using Asterisk 1.4 and am trying to work out a way to
> bring people into a conference call. In the ideal scenario two people
> would be talking and one of them would push some keys, then a phone
> number and then the three of them would be in a conference. >From there
> they should be able to bring in other people as well.
>
> This seems to be what the Asterisk n-way call HOWTO from voip-info is
> trying to do, but it doesn't work quite properly for me. Here's what
> happens:
> 1. Internal person A calls person B
> 2. Person A presses *0, he is given a dial tone and person B is taken to
> a conference room
> 3. Person A calls person C and they can talk, and then person A presses **.
> 4. Person C is brought to the conference room, but person A is
> disconnected.

Why doesn't A just call the number they've been transferring people to?

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Matt Riddell
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