How does this compare to using the conference features on a SIP phone, say a Snom? I have used a Snom many times for an ad-hoc conference, without any troubles...
PaulH On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 18:12 -0600, Lex Lethol wrote: > Apparently asterisk's default way to a 3-way conference lets the user > in the middle hangup and the other parties stay on the conversation. > This is great some times but it creates quite a bit of problems when > trunks dont have disconnect supervision or when trying to do > accounting and billing on the user. > > Here is the 'normal' situation when a user tries the setup a 3 way > conference once the user is already on the phone with someone he > called. > > 1. Press 'Flash' on the phone. Party B will now be placed on hold and > you will hear a dial tone. > 2. Dial party C's number or a pre-configured speed dial followed by > '#', (you can engage in conversation). > 3. Press 'Flash' to join both C and B to a single conference. > 4. When you place the phone's handset on-hook, party B and party C > will remain in conversation. > > After step 4, B and C remain on the conversation and I am looking for > a way to disable this without disabling 3 way calling. Basically I am > looking for a way to force asterisk hang up both B and C once the > 'middle' user hangs up so this will not leave channels stuck on trunks > without disconnect supervision. > > Anyone know how to accomplish this? Any comments appreciated. > _______________________________________________ > --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 _______________________________________________ --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
