On May 14, 2008, at 11:02 PM, Darrick Hartman (lists) wrote:
> Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Interesting. I usually use use the park and announce feature. So you
> just transfer the call to 1187 in your example, then have someone else
> dial 1188 (etc) to pick up the call.
Yes, but ** is the easier method to park the call, no transferring
required.
Hence the "One Step Park".
Lonnie
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