Overhead Pager Announcement In “background” Channel

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We have an overhead paging system that is working fine with our asterisk
16.1 server. I’d like to be able to push an announcement to the paging extension (PJSIP) without disrupting the current channel. Can this be done? I want to use it in the dial plan when a 911/emergency call is placed, so it is imperative that the calling channel not be disrupted.

The following works, but it disrupts the calling channel:
Dial(${PAGER},20,A(filename)L(3000))

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Mitch

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One thought on - Overhead Pager Announcement In “background” Channel

  • Here’s how I solved this: I use the System() dialplan application to call out to a bash script, which creates asterisk call files and moves them to the proper directory. I opted to send notification to a select group of staff members rather than using the overhead pager, but the same technique would work for the pager.

    The script is very fast and does not interrupt the flow of the actual call.

    Mitch

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