[Freeswitch-users] Forked dialing with different channelvars set...

[Rupa Schomaker (lists)]

I have a seemingly simple problem that I can't figure out how to implement.

Simplified Problem:

I'd like to have my cell phone and my deskphone ring at the same time.
This seems simple, but there is a small caveat.  I need to have a
channel variable set differently for my cellphone.

Specifically: voicepulse requires you to have the caller id number and
caller id name set to the number in order to pass it on to the PSTN.  I
want to see the callerid name on my deskphone however.

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Ok, normally, I'd just do a:

<action application="bridge"
data="sofia/internal/101%$${domain},sofia/gateway/voicepulse/$${cellnumber}"/>

but then my cell phone shows Unknown or Blocked when receiving the call.

If prior to that I do:

<action application="set"
data="effective_caller_id_name=${caller_id_number}"/>

Then I get the correct callerid on my cell, but only the callerid number
on my deskphone.

I asked on #freeswitch and had some hints, but they either went over my
head or I didn't communicate my problem right.

Using multiple extension entries with continue="yes" doesn't seem to
execute them in parallel (so the deskphone and the cell don't ring at
the same time).

The "obvious" answer is how I implemented this in asterisk -- and maybe
that is my problem, thinking in terms of asterisk.

The bridge equivalent would be the dial() app.  This allows me to dial
back into the dialplan if I use the "local" channel.  This gives a level
of indirection that would then let me modify the channelvars as necessary.

The only way I can see to "call" back into the dialplan is to use the
transfer application.  But that can't do multiple extensions in parallel
so doesn't solve my problem.

What am I missing?

-Rupa