With asterisk 1.4 (astlinux builds) a handy new features.conf
"parkcall" allows one-step-parking. Example snippets follow...
--- features.conf ---
[general]
parkext => 1187 ; What ext. to dial to park
parkpos => 1188-1189 ; What extensions to park calls on
context => parkedcalls ; Which context parked calls are in
[featuremap]
parkcall => ** ; One Step Park with (Kk options)
---
When I type ** the caller is parked, the lot extension is announced,
and the callee disconnects in one smooth operation.
In addition to defining "parkcall" incoming DIAL commands must have
the "k" option, and outgoing DIAL's must have the "K" option.
I feel this extra configuration is worth the user simplicity and
works with any phone.
But, there is one problem with the standard
include => parkedcalls
extensions.conf setup. A person can ** once, then pickup, but after
that ** no longer works. The asterisk dev team does not considered
this a bug, but lack of a feature and asterisk 1.6 adds a
features.conf solution, but I am a long way off from using 1.6.
Therefore I have found a solution using the Local channel, it seems
to work well... if anyone sees a problem please speak-up.
--- extensions.conf ---
;
; Park via 1187 or ** (see features.conf)
; Parking lot extensions 1188-1189
;
exten => _118[789],1,Macro(dial-park,${EXTEN})
[macro-dial-park]
exten => s,1,Answer
exten => s,n,DIAL(Local/[EMAIL PROTECTED],30,Kk)
exten => s,n,GotoIf($["${DIALSTATUS}" = "CHANUNAVAIL"]?100)
exten => s,n,Hangup
exten => s,100,Playback(pbx-invalidpark)
exten => s,n,Wait(0.4)
exten => s,n,SayAlpha(${ARG1})
exten => s,n,Hangup
---
I don't use "include => parkedcalls" anywhere.
With this approach, I can **, 1188(pickup), **, 1188(pickup), etc.
Hope this is useful to others.
Lonnie
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