[Asterisk-Users] Call Status

[Steven Critchfield]

On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 16:17 -0600, Shaun Tierney wrote:
> When I use the Dial command to connect a call using my Asterisk PBX, it
> seems that the PBX says that the call was answered right when the two
> channels are bridged together, rather than when the actually callee answers
> their phone.  I would like to be able to detect the actual call status and
> respond to it in the dialplan.  ${DIALSTATUS} just seems to tell me whether
> or not the channel answered rather than the actual callee, so it equals
> "ANSWER" every time I dial because the bridge is automatic.  Is there any
> command or variable out there that will allow me to determine the actual
> call status?

It might be a good idea to also include what channels and interfaces you
are using. Sounds like you are dialing back out via a analog line and
should read the archives about callprogress.
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>