[Asterisk-Users] manager api: how to handle failed calls

[Nicolás Gudiño]

Hello,

Comments inline..

>  The question is how to correctly handle failed calls. 
>  In my application I want to make  hundreds of outgoing calls automatically.
>  When the callee  pick up the phone he gets a playback message and give an
> acknowledge by means of dtmf code. 
>  I make use of manager command originate, something like 
>  Action:originate 
>  channel: ZAP/g1/XXXX 
>  Variable:X|Y|Z 
>  extension: test 
>  the extension test is something like 
>  [test] 
>  exten  s,1 , wait ()
>  exten  s, 2 , answer ()
>  exten s, 3 playback(XX) 
>  The problem is since I don't use the application dial  inside the extension
> I cannot get any value from 
>  DIALSTATUS or HANGUPCAUSE variable 
>  I tried several strategies: 
>  1) 
>  change the logic and use local pseudo channel 
>  In the originate command if I use channel: local/XXXXX at test1/n 
>  where test1 is:
>  [test1] 
>  exten => _.,1,Dial(ZAP/g1/g${EXTEN}) 
>  exten => _.,2,NoOp( 2 HANGUPCAUSE is ${HANGUPCAUSE}) 
>  exten => _.,3,NoOp( 2 DIALSTATUS is ${DIALSTATUS}) 
>  exten => _.,4,NoOp(  number is ${number}) 
>  exten => _.,5,Hangup 
>  
>  I got the correct HANGUP value ( ie BUSY) but unfortunately  I cannot see
> the variables set on the originate command.
>  I wonder  why not? 

Maybe, (just maybe, I did not try it myself)  the originate variables
are passed using asterisk CVS-HEAD and variable names prefixed with
underscore... Eg: Use variable _X instead of X in the originate
command. Let me know if it works.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolás Gudiño
Buenos Aires - Argentina