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********************************************************************I have an interesting issue and I am attempting to decide rather how to proceed. I have a system with 24+ FXOs coming in and use the Zap Channel DID process to MAP each FXO to the appropriate Ring Group / Queue / Extension. Five of these 24+ are treated as “Direct” lines to specific extensions the rest are hung group numbers and route to various Queues. This all works great.
Now I have a request / need to reverse the mapping process, so that five of the 20 or so extensions always try to dial out on an assigned / specific FXO(channel), so that the recipient of the call get’s the callers DID on the Caller-Id display / Cell Phone. This is based on the fact that that many of these calls get returned for follow up and we would prefer they came back directly to the same dispatcher / extension.
I have looked at the Custom Contexts module and it does not meet this need. The Outbound Extension Groups module, that came up in a separate discussion recently, looks like a possiable option but before I try and locate the supporting author and/or take on the task of getting it working with the current release of FreePBX I wanted to solicit some feed back on the need / function.
My concept for a new module or extension of Zap Channel is based on using an extensions outbound CID to do a lookup for the assigned ZAP channel. If one is found do a dial() on it, and if it fails then go to the standard outbound routing table. If there is no hit on the CID then just fall through to the outbound routing table.