[asterisk-users] originate call in dial plan to join confbridge

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On 9/29/2021 4:38 PM, Jerry Geis wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 4:31 PM <asterisk at phreaknet.org
> <mailto:asterisk at phreaknet.org>> wrote:
>
>     On 9/29/2021 4:08 PM, Jerry Geis wrote:
>     > I need to call 1 number and that number and bring 3 phones into a
>     > confbridge.
>     > I tried this:
>     >
>     > ; PHONE CONF   - Phone group Conf                              
>          
>     >                  
>     > exten => 63,1,Originate(SIP/401,exten,63,join_conf)
>     > exten => 63,2,Originate(SIP/402,exten,63,join_conf)
>     > exten => 63,3,Originate(SIP/404,exten,63,join_conf)
>     > exten => 63(join_conf),n,ConfBridge(63,MyConfBridge,MyConfUser)
>     >
>     > The problem is this waits till 401 answers -before calling 402
>     and so
>     > forth.
>     > I need to "call" each one "now" and bring into the conference.
>     >
>     > How do I do that ? I want all 3 ringing at the same time - and
>     then as
>     > they answer they are brought into the conference.
>
>     Use the "a" option for asynchronous operation.
>     e.g. exten => 63,1,Originate(SIP/401,exten,63,join_conf,,a)
>
>     > Thanks
>     >
>     > Jerry
>
>
> I tried this and got an error:
> Originate("SIP/122-00000021", "SIP/401,exten,63,join_conf,,a") in new
> stack
> [Sep 29 16:35:48] NOTICE[49708][C-000027b0]: app_originate.c:222
> originate_exec: Invalid timeout: 'a'. Setting timeout to 30 second
Whoops, you need 2 commas actually, not 1, since you didn't specify a
priority.
Full usage explained here:
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+18+Application_Originate