Password protecting conference meet-me short code 4

[ksalce]

Hello,
I was able to successfully put a passcode on a conference port through a conference menu created in voicemail pro but I noticed someone could easily just dial the conference number directly and connect to it without the password. The conference menu number is 1500 and the conference meet-me code is 1300. Basically someone can just dial 1300 and skip the whole conference menu altogether to get in. Is there anyway to only allow someone to connect to a conference by connecting through the conference menu itself? Thanks in advance.

 

[FFrey]

No way around it. Don't tell people about 1300 is all you really can do.

 

[ksalce]

Well the reason I bring it up is because people will see the 1300 number on their phones when they connect to the conference port through the conferencing menu I created in voicemail pro so they'll be able to know what it is regardless if I tell them or not. I was just hoping their was a way to prevent that person from seeing the conference number on their phone and then just dialing that directly to dial into a conference as opposed to going through the menu.

 

[FFrey]

Maybe play with the transfer action in VMPro. You can change what is displayed on the phone.

 

[ksalce]

I tried changing the description and the source of transfer under the transfer action and it still shows up as "Conf1300". I tried changing the name to "CONFERENCE" but no luck.

 

[DanACS]

I did a bit of a workaround once by using a user variable ("Bridge01-IPO") with the conference number in it and adding an option to a bridge menu close the conference which changed the conference number to that of the IP Office's last unique call ID ($CID) and then transferring the call from VM Pro to the IPO Conference using "*88$REG[Bridge01-IPO]" where *88 is an IPO shortcode for the meet-me conference.

If I get half an hour free over next day or two i'll tidy the module up, remove any sensitive data and upload it as an importable module.



ACSS - SME
APSS - SME
APDS - Unified Communications
ACS - IP Telephony
ACA - IP Telephony

 

[ksalce]

That would help a lot thank you.

 

[FFrey]

DanACS is on to something. Try creating the user variable and use it as the destination of your transfer action.

 

[ksalce]

Yeah I just tried that but it still shows up as Conf1300. I'm gonna wait and see what he comes up with if he posts his module configuration. I kinda understood what he was trying to explain but I couldn't follow all of it unfortunately.

 

[Gunnaro]

Here's your fix

Just put a $-sign in front of the Meet me-short code numbers.
Impossible to dial from a phone, need to run by the module to get in.

All you need to make it happen, cfg, doc, wavs, mod: Block sneaky inside bastards

Contains two conf rooms. Need more, copy till you got enough.
Remember to do the same in the config as well.

Kind regards

Gunnar
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Hippos have bad eyesight, but considering their weight, it’s hardly their problem

 

[ksalce]

You're the man Gunnaro that worked perfectly. I can't believe I didn't think of doing that. Thanks again for your help.

 

[Gunnaro]

No problem

Don't think you'll find that trick in the manual, though.

Might be possible to dial $ with Softconsole, never tried that.

Kind regards

Gunnar
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Hippos have bad eyesight, but considering their weight, it’s hardly their problem

 

[smokinjoe2938]

more pink for Gunnaro, good thinking outside of the box!!!