On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 11:19:02AM -0400, Deon Rodden said: > Marconi Rivello wrote: > > >On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:13:45 -0300, Marconi Rivello > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>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. > > > >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. :) > > 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.
Another option is to just park the call. Works on all phone types :-) _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
