[Asterisk-Users] * does not listen to DTMF during wait ?

[Steven Critchfield]

On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 13:29 -0700, Damon Estep wrote:
> > Instead of Wait use Background and play silence:
> > 
> > exten => s,3,Background(custom/menu)
> > exten => s,4,Background(loligo/silence/10)
> > 
> > -Tim
> > 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> I also tried RepsonseTimeout but then you can only have one timeout
> event (ie hangup). Sure would be nice to specify progressive timeout,
> like on first timeout goto, on second timeout hangup.
> I assume loligo/silence/10 is an empty gsm file that I have not
> installed...

Playing silence is a weak way to go. It works, but is weak. There is an
option to be progressive in timeout. Timeout goes to the t extension.
>From there you are free to write to a variable and do a GotoIf that
evaluates the variable you wrote to. 

-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>