I am interested in being able to convert a bridged call into a conference and from within the conference, invite others into the conference.

From http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Specsheet, it seems that mod_conference delivers these out of the box (i.e Bridge to Conference trasition and Outbound Calling).

However, I can't get it to work. Here is what I have so far:

1. From XLite, I dial out to an external number thru my Asterisk GW.

2. Set hangup_after_bridge to false as mentioned here http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_commands#uuid_transfer

3. When the caller (XLite) press *1, transfer both legs to a conference room.

4. Can't make outbound calls from conference (yet).

1. The bridging works. But when I try to press *1 to transfer the call to a conference, it does not work. The log I get is below. However, when I type the command into the console

freeswitch@dev-vpbx> uuid_transfer 95bd9744-8c27-4b4b-a785-b915d6640a0b -both adhoc_conf

== Pressing *1 log ==

2008-07-04 15:01:36 [DEBUG] switch_core_session.c:386 switch_core_session_receive_message() Kill sofia/internal/1012@10.98.7.132 [BREAK]
2008-07-04 15:01:36 [NOTICE] sofia.c:2015 nua() Channel [sofia/internal/1012@10.98.7.132] has been answered
2008-07-04 15:01:36 [DEBUG] switch_core_session.c:386 switch_core_session_receive_message() Kill sofia/internal/1012@10.98.7.132 [BREAK]
2008-07-04 15:01:36 [DEBUG] sofia.c:1701 nua() Channel sofia/internal/1012@10.98.7.132 entering state [completed]
2008-07-04 15:01:36 [DEBUG] sofia.c:1701 nua() Channel sofia/internal/1012@10.98.7.132 entering state [ready]
2008-07-04 15:01:40 [DEBUG] switch_ivr_async.c:1387 meta_on_dtmf() sofia/internal/1012@10.98.7.132 Processing meta digit '1' [uuid_transfer::95bd9744-8c27-4b4b-a785-b915d6640a0b -both adhoc_conf]
2008-07-04 15:01:40 [DEBUG] switch_core_session.c:567 switch_core_session_queue_private_event() Kill sofia/internal/1012@10.98.7.132 [BREAK]
2008-07-04 15:01:40 [DEBUG] switch_core_session.c:386 switch_core_session_receive_message() Kill sofia/internal/1012@10.98.7.132 [BREAK]
2008-07-04 15:01:40 [DEBUG] switch_core_session.c:386 switch_core_session_receive_message() Kill sofia/internal/1012@10.98.7.132 [BREAK]
2008-07-04 15:01:40 [DEBUG] switch_ivr_bridge.c:168 audio_bridge_thread() Kill sofia/external/916135551234@10.98.7.202 [BREAK]
==

I create a caller-controls group to be able to dial out based on intructions here http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_conference (see caller-control section).

However the, <control action="dial" digits="888" ... is not a recognized control.

Any ideas on how I can proceed? Below is the relevant section in my dialplan.

One more thing, what to these features mean from the Conferencing application (http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Specsheet)? Can someone give a scenario where these can be used?

1. Relationships
2. Transfers
3. Outbound Calling
4. Configurable Key Lay -- Is this the caller-controls?
5. Bridge to Conference trasition
6. Multi Party outbound dialing.

Thank you in advance.

Looking forward to playing around some more with FS. Thanks for the wonderful software.

=== dialplan default.xml ==

    <extension name="ast_extens">
        <condition field="destination_number" expression="^(9\d{11})$">
           <action application="set" data="hangup_after_bridge=false"/>
           <action application="bind_meta_app" data="1 a s uuid_transfer::${uuid} -both adhoc_conf"/>
           <action application="bridge" data="sofia/external/$1@10.98.7.202"/>
        </condition>
    </extension>

    <extension name="adhoc_conf">
      <condition field="destination_number" expression="^adhoc_conf$">
        <action application="answer"/>
        <action application="conference" data="${uuid}@adhoc"/>
      </condition>
    </extension>
===