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Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook

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Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Description and Use of the Most Well-known FreePBX Modules
Addon Market Module
Asterisk Essential Commands
Asterisk Gateway Interface Programming
Helpful Linux Commands
Index

Enabling a multiconference toggle button


The basic principle of working is to enable a programmable key in any IP phone that will play a DTMF tone. This tone will automatically create a dynamic conference room and add the caller and the called number to this conference room. If the extension receives or makes a call in a second line appearance and presses the conference button (DTMF tones) again, this incoming call will be added. If any of the participants make or receive a call and the conference button is pressed again, this call will be transferred to the conference room, and so forth. There is no limit to the number of participants in the conference room, and this key could be configured for all devices. This feature is based on the working principle described on the following web page:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+n-way+call+HOWTO

How to do it…

  1. Edit the /etc/asterisk/globals_custom.conf file and add the following line: __DYNAMIC_FEATURES=conference-start#. Here, conference...