No problem. I got playing with it too. :)
If you're running latest SVN, Set(_ALERT_INFO=xxx) will do the job. - Ian On 2/9/06, Andrew Kohlsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 09 February 2006 12:05, John Van Ostrand wrote: > > exten => s,1,SetVar(ALERT_INFO=Bellcore-r7) ; Set > > exten => s,2,Dial(SIP/xxxx,20,t) > > That doesn't seem to work, however your post (and Ian's) got me googling > for > asterisk and alert_info and turned up this link, which I think solves > *all* > of my problems: > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Polycom+auto-answer+config > > "In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to "Sales" in > Asterisk, > the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in ipmid.cfg." > > and then > > "se.rt.8.type="ring" tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use - > which > in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer="11" tells the phone to > ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet. I use this one for signaling a > new > incoming sales call to one of my three sales guys. The secretary transfers > it > to the sales department and their lines ring with the Triplet. I feel like > Pavlov whenever I hear it." > > Thank you *so* much (you too, Ian!) for helping me find the right keywords > to > do what it is I'm trying to do. > > -A. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
