Using Asterisk to Click2Dial Via Command Line

Question

I'd like to make an in house click2dial application the problem is I'm not sure how to get Asterisk via the command line to dial myself and then dial an extension like google voice does now or how grand central did.

I know about the Dial() command in Asterisk and the T option for transfer. Anyone have any insight on this?

thanks.

Answer 1

Let's assume you have something like this in your extensions.conf:

[outbound]
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN}@provider,,T)

Then have a look at the originate CLI command:

*CLI> help originate

And then you can do something like:

$ asterisk -rx "originate SIP/1000 extension 4105556666@outbound"

Where SIP/1000 is the local user and 4105556666 is the number you want that SIP phone connected with.

Answer 2

Maybe you can use this on the Asterisk box and write a client for that...