[Asterisk-Users] Playback over Console

[hank smith]

what was the problem?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Foster" <masteryoda305 at gmail.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Playback over Console


> Thanks for responding. I figured it out.
>
> On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 22:22:37 -0600 (MDT), Greg Hill
> <gregh-asterisk at hillnet.us> wrote:
> > I suspect that after Dial has happened the auto-answer connects you to
the
> > console, and the call doesn't reach Playback until after the console
hangs
> > up.
>
> Which is exactly right.
>
> > As for how to do what you're after.. I dunno! Maybe you can find a way
to
> > "pick up" the console as if to dial from the console out to somewhere
and
> > issue the Playback then.
> >
>
> Sort of. It turns out that Dial has option that does exactly what I
> want, namely, play a tone over the speakers (console) to alert people
> that somebody is about to speak/
>
> A(x): Play an announcement (x.gsm) to the called party.
>
> Put that in Dial's options and Asterisk sends it out to the caller,
> which is exactly what I wanted.  You can find more in the Tiki
>
> The only bad part about all of this is that my roommate found a
> air-raid siren sound, and so now when you call you don't get a tone
> but a 2 minute long warning that a tornado is approaching. I'll have
> to change that.
>
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
> >
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