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

[Michael Manousos]

Mark Spencer wrote:
>>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.
> 
> 
> Actually you should be able to use:
> 
> exten => 1234,1,AbsoluteTimeout(120)
> exten => 1234,2,Dial(Zap/somenumber|20)
> exten => 1234,3,Playback(sorrynobodyanswered)
> exten => 1234,4,Hangup
> 
> exten => T,1,Playback(sorrytimeisup)
> exten => T,2,Hangup
> 
> Note the capital 'T'

Hmm, this doesn't seem to work. I can't get on 'T' (or 't')
extension, although I do have a 'AbsoluteTimeout' before
the 'Dial' call. Testing it with latest CVS.

Michael.

> 
> Mark
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