Directed Pickup
Directed pickup allows a user to intercept calls made to another user.
For example, if a user with number 1001 is ringing, you can dial *81001 from your phone and it will intercept (i.e. pickup) the call to this user.
The extension prefix used to pickup calls can be changed via the
page.Custom Line Limitation
There is a case where directed pickup does not work, which is the following:
Given you have a user U with a line of type "customized"
Given this custom line is using DAHDI technology
Given this user is a member of group G
When a call is made to group G
Then you won't be able to intercept the call made to U by pressing *8<line number of U>
If you find yourself in this situation, you’ll need to write a bit of dialplan.
For example, if you have the following:
a user with a custom line with number 1001 in context default
a custom line with interface
DAHDI/g1/5551234
Then add the following, or similar:
[custom_lines]
exten = line1001,1,NoOp()
same = n,Set(__PICKUPMARK=1001%default)
same = n,Dial(DAHDI/g1/5551234)
same = n,Hangup()
And do a dialplan reload
in the asterisk CLI.
Then, edit the line of the user and change the interface value to
Local/line1001@custom_lines
Note that you’ll need to update your dialplan if you update the number of the line or the context.