Automatically generating a call when the handset is picked u

Asterisk Asterisk Support
#1

Hello

I wonder if anybody has any ideas for me. I work in a hotel and we would like our IP phones in the rooms to dial automatically when the handset is lifted to either IVR or an extension. I have searched the web and forums, but I am getting nowhere. Been trying to work this out for awhile now.

Pls Help

Thanks

#2

Hi This ia a phone dependant feature, as picking up a handset does not send any sip message to *, various handsets do do this.

a work around is to have an context for the room that it doenst matter what the press it go to the IVR

such as
[rooms]
exten => x.,1,Goto(ivr,1)

Ian

#3

Hi

Thanks, I had a thought that the handset is the place to look. Dunno where to start there tho. I have already have a context that when any number is pressed it goes to ivr.

Thanks for the reply.

#4

Hi

Thanks, I had a thought that the handset is the place to look. Dunno where to start there tho. I have already have a context that when any number is pressed it goes to ivr.

Thanks for the reply.

#5

What handsets do you have?

I know that with our phones (analog or legacy PBX phones converted to SIP ones with a Citel Portico TVA http://www.citel.com) we can do some tricks in the dial plan to match an empty dial string (i.e. on seize) or a timeout (i.e. on seize + timeout) to a specific URI to call.

#6

We are using Linksys SPA942’s. Been looking at the dial strings, but it makes no sense to me.

From the phone;

Dial Tone = 350@-19,440@-19;10(*/0/1+2)

Dunno if this has anything to do with it or if it helps.

#7

I guess you are going to have to get some support from your dealer or Cisco.

#8

Lol, thanks, if only it was that easy.

Deepest darkest africa and all…

But thanks for the help

#9

You can create “hot line” phones or “ring down” phones by modifying the dialplan of the SPA-942.

Here are some examples:

The following dialplan implements a “hot line” phone, which automatically calls 1 212 5551234 immediately.
( S0 <:12125551234> )

The following dialplan provides a “warm line” to a local office operator (1000) after five seconds, unless a four-digit extension is dialed by the user.
( P5 <:1000> | xxxx )

You should be able to put one of the above dialplans into your phones and make them dial a specific extension in your Asterisk system.

Good luck.

#10

Yippee, I luv ya man, now I can sleep again : ),

U da king dufus, thanks alot man. :stuck_out_tongue: worked like a charm…[/quote]

#11

No problem.

Incidently, this solution works on the Sipura SPA-841 and the Linksys SPA-941.

They’re all essentially the same software, and their dialplans are configured the same way.