how could you do this with sip and VOIP? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Critchfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] snatching calls
> On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 15:28, Shoval Tomer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Our current PBX (Panasonic) has a setting that enables users to > > "snatch" calls ringing at other extensions. > > > > > > > > I'm not sure snatching is a correct term for this so let me elaborate. > > > > Let's say you sit in a room with five other people. Each one has it's > > own extension. One person goes out. As soon as he leaves the room his > > phone starts ringing. > > > > The other guys in the room want to answer his phone for him and take a > > message, but they won't get up for it…. > > > > I just pick up our extension, hit *40, and the call is automatically > > transferred to my extension. > > > > Is this doable with Asterisk? > > > > Is it possible to divide extensions into groups – like a group per > > room – so I won't snatch a call from another room in the building, > > that I wasn't even aware was ringing… > > > You want to look into call groups and pickup groups. To pickup the call > you use *8#. > > from /usr/src/asterisk/configs/zapata.conf.sample > > ; > ; Ring groups (a.k.a. call groups) and pickup groups. If a phone is ringing > ; and it is a member of a group which is one of your pickup groups, then > ; you can answer it by picking up and dialing *8#. For simple offices, just > ; make these both the same > ; > callgroup=1 > pickupgroup=1 > > > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
