[asterisk-dev] what happens after *(ast_channel_tech->call)() is called?

[Moises Silva]

That depends on who is calling ast_call(), which is the one calling
zt_call() when the technology is zapata (chan_zap, chan_dahdi).
ast_call is pretty much just a wrapper to call the technology call
method.

In the case of app_dial.c (application responsible for handling
Dial()), after ast_call, the technology driver has placed a call to
whichever destiny was specified. Then, the caller (in this case
app_dial.c) will typically wait for a response by calling ast_waitfor
or ast_waitfor_n to poll over the descriptor of the channel, when the
channel has data, the app_dial calls ast_read() which ask in turn the
channel driver for an ast_frame structure, which can be of type
control, DTMF, video, voice (see enum ast_frame_type) and then will do
whatever wants to do with each frame, for example, upon reading a
control frame of type AST_CONTROL_RINGING, app_dial will call
ast_indicate() on the calling channel, so the other callee can be
notified that the placed call is in ringing state.

Take a look at app_dial.c for more hints.

Moy

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Kelvin Chan <kelvinc at positronics.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I'm tracing out the call flow and wonders what happens after *(ast_channel_tech->call)() is called.
>
> Zaptel for example, what happends when zt_call() returns 0?
>
> Thanks.
>
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