ParkAndAnnounce()

Since 12.0.0 Applications

Park and Announce.

Last reviewed 2026-08-22

ParkAndAnnounce(announce_template,dial[,parking_lot_name,options])

Dialplan Builder -- build your ParkAndAnnounce() command

parking_lot_name (optional)

Specify in which parking lot to park a call.

options

R: Randomize the selection of a parking space.

Randomize the selection of a parking space.

c: If the parking times out, go to this place in the dialplan instead of where t...

If the parking times out, go to this place in the [[term:dialplan|dialplan]] instead of where the parking lot defines the call should go.

r: Send ringing instead of MOH to the parked call.

Send ringing instead of MOH to the parked call.

t: Use a timeout of 'duration' seconds instead of the timeout specified by the p...

Use a timeout of `duration` seconds instead of the timeout specified by the parking lot.

announce: (optional)

dial (optional)

The app_dial style resource to call to make the announcement. Console/dsp calls the console.

Full arguments reference

parking_lot_name - Specify in which parking lot to park a call.
options - A list of options for this parked call.
- r - Send ringing instead of MOH to the parked call.
- R - Randomize the selection of a parking space.
- c - If the parking times out, go to this place in the dialplanThe core call-routing configuration of Asterisk, written mostly in extensions.conf as contexts, extensions, and priorities that decide how every call is handled. Full definition → instead of where the parking lot defines the call should go.
  - context
  - extension
  - priority required
- t - Use a timeout of duration seconds instead of the timeout specified by the parking lot.
  - duration required
announce_template required
- announce required - Colon-separated list of files to announce. The word PARKED will be replaced by a say_digits of the extension in which the call is parked.
- announce1 (multiple)
dial required - The app_dial style resource to call to make the announcement. Console/dsp calls the console.

Description

Park a call into the parkinglot and announce the call to another channelA single call leg passing through Asterisk. Channels represent connections to endpoints and are what dialplan applications act on..

The variable PARKEDAT will contain the parking extensionA dialplan entry that matches a dialed number or pattern within a context and triggers a sequence of prioritized steps. into which the call was placed. Use with the Local channel to allow the dialplanThe core call-routing configuration of Asterisk, written mostly in extensions.conf as contexts, extensions, and priorities that decide how every call is handled. Full definition → to make use of this information.

Arguments

parking_lot_name - Specify in which parking lot to park a call.
options - A list of options for this parked call.
- r - Send ringing instead of MOH to the parked call.
- R - Randomize the selection of a parking space.
- c - If the parking times out, go to this place in the dialplanThe core call-routing configuration of Asterisk, written mostly in extensions.conf as contexts, extensions, and priorities that decide how every call is handled. Full definition → instead of where the parking lot defines the call should go.
  - context
  - extension
  - priority required
- t - Use a timeout of duration seconds instead of the timeout specified by the parking lot.
  - duration required
announce_template required
- announce required - Colon-separated list of files to announce. The word PARKED will be replaced by a say_digits of the extension in which the call is parked.
- announce1 (multiple)
dial required - The app_dial style resource to call to make the announcement. Console/dsp calls the console.

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