[asterisk-users] Defining what an extension should do after theDial() command returns busy.

[Dovid Bender]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Nicholas" <danny at debsinc.com>
To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 21:38
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Defining what an extension should do after 
theDial() command returns busy.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ernie Dunbar
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:31 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [asterisk-users] Defining what an extension should do after the
> Dial() command returns busy.
>
> We have a customer who wants to forward an extension to their cell phone,
> if and only if that extension is "unavailable", or when the Dial() command
> times out. However, should the Dial() command return "busy" it should go
> to voicemail instead.
>
> As far as I know, the dialplan doesn't support this. Certainly not
> natively or in any particularly easy or obvious way, and I can't find
> anything on voip-info.org to suggest that there is.
>
>
>
> Perhaps your "googling" skills need some management - look for S-BUSY,
> S-NOANSWER.
> Here's a snippet that might do what they want
> - exten => s,1,Dial(DAHDI/1/5551212,30)
> - exten => s,n-BUSY,voicemail(blah)
> - exten => s,n-UNAVAILABLE,Dial(DAHDI/1/5552323,30)
> - exten => t,1,Dial(DAHDI/1/5552323,30) Cell
>
>
>
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You can use the g option from cmd dial to keep going and check there if the 
call ws answered or not.