[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk/IVR Newbie

[Martin Pycko]

Well it should work in Canada and US.

regards
Martin

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Tyrone Mills wrote:

> First off, thanks to all who have taken the time to respond!
>
> I would be using the system in Canada. Do you think I would run into that
> problem here? I was hoping to use analog lines, but if this is the case,
> then perhaps digital is the way to go.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tyrone
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Martin Pycko
> Sent: February 28, 2003 9:39 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk/IVR Newbie
>
>
> The only problem with outgoing call mechanism when used
> with X100P is that if you're not in the US then
> 'callprogress' might not work for you and X100P
> right after you dial the number will assume that
> the remote side picked up the phone. With analog lines
> it's dificult to know when the call is being picked up.
>
> regards
> Martin
>
> On 28 Feb 2003, Steven Critchfield wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 09:31, Tyrone Mills wrote:
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > I'm new to Asterisk/IVR and this list. I know this is the 'users'
> > > list, but the 'dev' list seems dead and this list seems to have a bit
> > > of dev related traffic, as well as some very knowledgeable members.
> > >
> > > I have a hopefully simple question:
> > >
> > > I want to create an IVR system that places outbound calls to deliver a
> > > message to clients. For example, the system places a call to a client
> > > and plays the following message: "Your delivery has arrived, it can be
> > > picked up after 3pm today".
> > >
> > > Something like that. Allow the user to have the message repeated, and
> > > then hangup. I've been looking at the Asterisk Developers Kit, is this
> > > what I should be looking at?
> > >
> > > For what I need, is the X100P more than I need? Not enough? Just
> > > right?
> >
> > This was really the best place for this question. This is a asterisk use
> > question, not developing new features.
> >
> > If all you need is 1 outbound call at a time then the X100P could very
> > well be what you need. It allows you to generate calls to the PSTN.
> >
> > What you are requesting looks a lot like the feature of sample.call.
> > Some outside stimulise creates a file that goes in
> > /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing and asterisk sees this file and attempts to
> > dial the line specified. At the point of answer asterisk transfers the
> > call to a predetermined extension. This extension could be either a
> > generic message with company name and reason for calling, or be passed
> > into AGI to also look up information to either be pieced together from
> > recorded samples, or use festival to make recordings on the fly.
> >
> > All of this can be accomplished on a X100P. If you need larger capacity,
> > then you can think of adding more X100Ps, or start looking digital.
> > --
> > Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>
> >
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