8 thoughts on - Invite To Conference By A Call File

• Atux,

  This should work:
  [call-file-test]
  Exten => 10,1,Answer same => ConfBridge(100)

• thanks a lot for the reply.
  [call-file-test]
  Exten => 10,1,Answer same => ConfBridge(100)

  i assume 100 is the conference room, correct?
  where do i write the SIP numbers to invite(internal or external)?
  what about the PIN?

• You would make the call file the same way you are now. 100 was the conf room ID. Have a look at the documentation how to do it. Also take a look at the default settings in confbridge.conf

  voice1*CLI> core show application ConfBridge

  -= Info about application ‘ConfBridge’ =-

  [Synopsis]
  Conference bridge application.

  [Description]
  Enters the user into a specified conference bridge. The user can exit the conference by hangup or DTMF menu option. This application sets the following channel variable upon completion:
  ${CONFBRIDGE_RESULT}:
  FAILED:The channel encountered an error and could not enter the conference.
  HANGUP:The channel exited the conference by hanging up.
  KICKED:The channel was kicked from the conference.
  ENDMARKED:The channel left the conference as a result of the last marked
  user leaving.
  DTMF:The channel pressed a DTMF sequence to exit the conference.
  TIMEOUT:The channel reached its configured timeout.

  [Syntax]
  ConfBridge(conference[,bridge_profile[,user_profile[,menu]]])

  [Arguments]
  conference
  Name of the conference bridge. You are not limited to just numbers. bridge_profile
  The bridge profile name from confbridge.conf. When left blank, a
  dynamically built bridge profile created by the CONFBRIDGE dialplan
  function is searched for on the channel and used. If no dynamic profile is
  present, the ‘default_bridge’ profile found in confbridge.conf is used.
  It is important to note that while user profiles may be unique for each
  participant, mixing bridge profiles on a single conference is _NOT_
  recommended and will produce undefined results. user_profile
  The user profile name from confbridge.conf. When left blank, a dynamically
  built user profile created by the CONFBRIDGE dialplan function is searched
  for on the channel and used. If no dynamic profile is present, the
  ‘default_user’ profile found in confbridge.conf is used. menu
  The name of the DTMF menu in confbridge.conf to be applied to this channel.
  When left blank, a dynamically built menu profile created by the
  CONFBRIDGE dialplan function is searched for on the channel and used. If no
  dynamic profile is present, the ‘default_menu’ profile found in
  confbridge.conf is used.

  [See Also]
  ConfBridge(), CONFBRIDGE, CONFBRIDGE_INFO

• Here I’m using the “Page” application to make a conference call “on the fly”.

  [office]

  exten => 2222,1,Dial(SIP/desk2,150)

• All the aforementioned techniques need change everytime on the dialplan. I
  need the office secretary to edit a file (call file) and place it in a particular folder in their windows PCs. this folder is the outgoing folder of LINUX shared through samba in LAN. i need to make it as easy as possible, please.

• If the participants are always the same people, there is no need to change the dialplan. Just tells the office secretary “Please, place a conference call.”. with the “Page” application, she picks up the phone, dials a predefined number and all the participants are called at once. Easy peasy. 🙂

• that’s the problem. it is never the same people

• Maybe something like a local web page where your secretary can enter the list of phone numbers to call and a script that generates a call file and moves it to the Asterisk spool folder.

  But that’s not an Asterisk issue. It’s more a programmer’s issue. 🙂