We have gotten around this by just sending more data in the extension that gets sent with the call and parsing it on the other side:
send a call to extension "1234" as "1234*ALERTINFO*ON" then you can parse that out on the other Asterisk and set the variables over there depending on the values of what you set on the originating server.. IAX and SIP as well as crossover PRI's all allow for instant transmission of alpha-numeric extensions from Asterisk server to Asterisk server. We have been sending thousands of calls a day like this for over two years now. It's not the prettiest things but it works well. MATT--- On 6/6/06, Douglas Garstang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well, this kinda sux. We have three Asterisk servers. Phones register to a single, primary server. When a phone on one wants to reach a phone on another, we use DUNDi to discover the destination pbx and IAX to transfer the call to the other Asterisk box. This seems to be a fairly common practice amongst Asterisk users, yes? Well, what about setting variables before call placement? Say you want to set the variable _ALERT_INFO, to have Polycom phones auto answer? Essentially the problem is that channel variables (with the exception of caller id) are not passed from one Asterisk box to another with IAX. How have people gotten around this? Doug. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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