[asterisk-dev] MeetMe: Development Request (and Bounty)

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <4D7602F3.4070103 at pernau.at>,
Klaus Darilion <klaus.mailinglists at pernau.at> wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 08.03.2011 10:54, schrieb Tony Mountifield:
> > In article <4D75577B.2090201 at digium.com>,
> > Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming at digium.com> wrote:
> >> On 03/07/2011 03:29 PM, Olle E. Johansson wrote:
> >>> One really needs to hear media, busy or ringback tone from the other end.
> >>
> >> If the other end is not providing any, because they are using signaling 
> >> instead of media to indicate call progress (or failure), then there 
> >> isn't anything to hear.
> >>
> >> This could probably be addressed by modifying chan_local to have an 
> >> option that causes it to turn signaling for call progress into audible 
> >> indications, and then dialing out through chan_local instead of directly 
> >> through the destination channel driver.
> > 
> > Isn't that what the Progress() application is for? I seem to remember
> > using it in a similar situation.
> 
> Progress signals "progress". The problem is, that any upstream signaling
> should be converted into the proper in-band pattern.

softins*CLI> show application progress
  -= Info about application 'Progress' =- 

[Synopsis]
Indicate progress

[Description]
  Progress(): This application will request that in-band progress information
be provided to the calling channel.

softins*CLI>

I have used Progress in the dialplan immediately before a Dial to
specify that out-of-band indications (ringing, busy, etc.) received
from the called channel should be converted to in-band tones on the
calling channel.

Cheers
Tony
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