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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have a situation where I am dialing a number of outbound calls using the conference module. This works for me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BUT! If someone misses the call or just wants to join the existing outbound conference they can't just dial the extension that I have set up for it since I have coded logic in the dialplan to exclude the conference from dialing the originator--there's no sense in dialing the person who is initiating the conference after all. This is a small list of fixed, known extensions in a closed collection, nothing random.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So how could I detect if the conference room is already active so that I can just dump the late entry right into the room instead of falling through my initiator logic? I'm hoping it can all be done in the dialplan because I'm not proficient in the scripting and event socket approaches.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As a hacky workaround I could have the users dial a different extension to make it a standard inbound conference, but I want the switch to be smart enough to do the Right Thing when one extension number is dialed, either initiate the outbound group call or join the same existing conference room late.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bote<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.botecomm.com/bote/radio">http://www.botecomm.com/bote/radio</a> – my hobby radio pages<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.trackstreamer.com/">http://www.trackstreamer.com</a> – my streaming scanner feeds<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>