Listening to a specific extension - Extenspy?

FreePBX Tips and Tricks
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Greetings.
I need a feature that allows listening in to a specific extension. ChanSpy is insufficient, as it merely spies on the channel, and is cumbersome to use.
So I saw the ExtenSpy asterisk command, but I have absolutely no idea how to use it. How would I go about implementing a new feature in my FreePBX, to let me spy specific extensions?
Like, say, dialing *111[extension]. E.g. *111202 listens to whatever is going on at the 202 extension.
I saw no modules that do this. How can I do this?

Thanks in advance.

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There’s an ongoing discussion on that topic over here : http://freepbx.org/forum/chanspy-customization-in-freepbx

And an article here: http://www.panoramisk.com/64/real-time-call-listening/en/

See if those are of any use to you…

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This is not exactly the same, but iSymphony manager has a “barge in” feature - you can listen to any ongoing phone call. Just click an icon in the manager, your extension will ring, and you can listen to the conversation.

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place the below code in your extension_custom.conf

exten => _*111x.#,1,Macro(user-callerid,)
exten => _*111x.#,n,Answer
exten => _*111x.#,n,NoCDR
exten => _*111x.#,n,Wait(1)
exten => _*111x.#,n,ChanSpy(sip/${EXTEN:4},q)
exten => _*111x.#,n,Hangup

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joeatkins,
Can this be applied successfully to Distro? When I do what you say, *97 404’s

Is there anything at all that can be added to make extenspy work?

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Check your “feature codes” page look for “Chanspy 555”

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