Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Putting a call on hold

[Deon Rodden]

I believe this has something to do with the converter. With my 
Sipura-2000 if I hit flash, it puts the person on hold and I get a new 
dialtone to place a call. From there I can call another number, and if I 
hit flash again, it 3 way calls them. If I hang up, it leaves the other 
two people connected, so it's essentially a transfer.  However, if I 
don't dial another number, and just let it sit there with the new 
dial-tone, it will eventually time out and go silent, but the other 
person is still on hold. When I want them back, I just hit flash again, 
and I get them back. That's how I put them on hold.

I discovered with the Cisco ATA 186 it doesn't work the same way, at 
least as far as transfers go. If I 3 way call, and then hang up, it 
hangs up on both parties instead of leaving them connected.

Marconi Rivello wrote:
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:13:45 -0300, Marconi Rivello
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

Hi,
How do I put a call on hold? If i press # the music on hold plays to
the other person, but asterisk asks for a number to transfer... I
don't want to transfer, I simply want to put the person on hold, so
he/she can hear the music while I do something, then get them off
hold. Is it possible?
The scenario: The person calls me from a SIP phone, and I receive the
call in a regular PSTN phone, from the FXO. I don't want any of the calls
to get disconnected.
Thanks.
   

I managed to do what I wanted. I just changed the transferdigittimeout
value in the features.conf to a high value... So, when I want to leave
the person waiting while I do something, I just press # and leave the
phone there... When I come back, I press # again, asterisk tells me
that that's not a valid number, and gets the call back to normal. :)
Marconi.
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