Hi all.
I've made a patch for chan_oss.c to enable callgroups and pickupgroups in it (since wasn't enabled). I needed it for a special use of the console (pickup calls arriving to the console from another phone)
btw, If someone is interested, I can submit a patch to the bugtracker. I won't do it until that's usefult for someone... since is a very special features that probably no one will ever use
lemme know. Matteo.
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I assume this doesn't work with a console that is auto-answer? That's where I see some value, but I'm not sure from your description if that's what you've implemented.
I would like to have an overhead paging system auto-answer a call ("Bob, if you're in the garage, pick up a phone and dial *") and then allow a user pick up the call from their SIP extension by dialing a pickup group ID. This is good for large areas where there is normally a lot of background noise, or where the users of the system aren't sitting near phones most of the time and where carrying a portable is more hassle than it's worth (auto garages come to mind.) Having an overhead paging system connected to the console sound card, and then being able to yank a call from that channel onto another channel seems to be a very worthwhile feature.
This is slightly different than callgroup/pickupgroups use that I've used in the past, which only work on channels that are still _ringing_ and have not been answered.
Does your patch work on console channels that have already been answered? If so, please submit it to the bugtracker since that would be very useful. In fact, you should submit it anyway, since adding similar functionality to all channels is a Good Thing.
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