[Asterisk-Users] Limit call length, whisper time remaining?

[Michael Manousos]

Florian Overkamp wrote:
> At 16:30 16-5-2003 +0300, you wrote:
> 
>> This one will set a time limit on the current active channel.
>> What if you want to set a limit on an outgoing call
>> (the one that is spawned with "Dial") without a restriction
>> on the current channel?
> 
> 
> Doesnt matter, now does it. Asterisk has no sense of what is in- or 
> outbound, so if you program your extension logic to set the time limit 
> before the outbound dial is made, there is no problem, or am I missing 
> something ?
> 

Ok, let me put it like this:
I want to initiate a call from inside the dial plan

...
exten => 1,10,Dial(SOMETHING)     ; This will spawn a new chan.
...

without setting a timelimit on the current channel.
If I use the "AbsoluteTimeout" app, the current channel will
be hang up and therefore any channel spawned by "Dial".
That means that you can't force a timelimit on a spawned
channel without closing the current channel as well.

Michael.

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