Outbound Conference Initiation

FreeSWITCH Configuration
1

Can an outbound conference be initiated by any means other than the traditional application="conference" approach?

I’m trying to initiate an outbound conference call where some of the local user endpoints behave as a conventional bridge, provide ringback tone, and when one answers it gets added to the outbound conference call as a participant. But all the tricks in the various recipes treat it as an inbound conference, so I end up with just the initiator and the called phone, but nobody else.

TNX.

2

Are you looking for something like this?


<extension name="conference_room">
    <condition field="destination_number" expression="^1000$">
        <action application="answer"/>
        <action application="conference" data="myConferenceRoom@default"/>
    </condition>
</extension>


<extension name="outbound_conference">
    <condition field="destination_number" expression="^2000$">
        <action application="answer"/>
        <!-- Adjust the dial string as needed for your gateway and the number you're calling -->
        <action application="bridge" data="{origination_caller_id_number=YourCallerID}sofia/gateway/your_gateway/number_to_dial &conference(myConferenceRoom@default)"/>
    </condition>
</extension>
3

Nope, that doesn’t do anything. I think that’s the format for the API originate command, but I already tried that and I still end up with only originator and the one phone called, it does not start the outbound conference process. TNX.