[Asterisk-Users] Making a call with sample.call

[C. Maj]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Steve Foy waxed:

> Hi there, I'm having some trouble with getting Asterisk to make a call, I
> think it should be quite easy, but anyway...
> 
> Using the following file contents:
> 
> ##
> Channel: Zap/3/<TEL NUMBER HERE>
> 
> MaxRetries: 2
> RetryTime: 60
> WaitTime: 30
> 
> Context: phones
> Extension: 502
> Priority: 1
> ##
> 
> Extension 502 is simply one that plays a sound back. When I dump this file
> into /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing, it does call the number, but when I pick
> up the phone, I just get a dial tone as if Asterisk has maybe hung up before
> playing the sound.
> 
> Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong here? The extension does work correctly
> when called normally.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve

Try putting a Wait(2) in at extension 502, priority 1; and
move the Playback(sndfile) down to priority 2.  Maybe it's a
real short sound ?  Take a look at what's happening on the
* console with "sudo asterisk -r"

--Chris


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