[Asterisk-Users] How to make Asterisk to generate and terminate calls

[Ravi Shankar]

Shawn,
   Thanks for info that would solve the problem of manually making calls 
and connecting the phones at the either ends. But my requirement is 
slightly different. I've the following .call file in the 
/var/spool/asterisk/outgoing directory of asterisk-1

asterisk-1 ----- SIP ----- asterisk-2

Channel: SIP/3001
MaxRetries: 2
RetryTime: 60
WaitTime: 30
Context: sip
Extension: 2222
Priority: 1

So Asterisk-1 bridges 3001 and 2222 (which is in asterisk-2). Since 2222 
is the terminating side I can have an AGI script handle the call and do 
whatever I wanted and I don't need a real IP Phone. On the other hand on 
the originating side 3001 has to be a real SIP Phone.

My question is on the originating side, can a AGI script answer the call 
instead of real IP Phone. This way I can simulate multiple IP Phones 
without having them physically available. I know this is not the 
intended usage of asterisk but it would serve to test bulk deployments 
and find out the capacity of the asterisk without having so many real 
phones.

thanks,
Ravi

Shawn Porter wrote:

> Ravi,
>
> Take a look here. http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+auto-dial+out
> I would think that for what you are doing use a cron job and a shell 
> script.
>
>
> Shawn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Ravi
> Shankar
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 8:41 AM
> To: Asterisk Users
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] How to make Asterisk to generate and
> terminatecalls
>
>
> Hi,
> I would like to connect two linux machines running asterisk and then
> originate SIP calls from one asterisk and terminate it on the other
> asterisk. Terminating the call is not a problem because I can give the
> call handle to say AGI application on the terminating asterisk. How do i
> originate a call from the asterisk ? Is this possible using AGI ? Any
> pointers in this regard would be of great help.
>
> This type of application can be used two simulate bulk calls and find
> out what is the maximum limit for the asterisk in terms of CPU
> utilization, memory, etc. before it can be deployed in production
> environment.
>
> thanks,
> Ravi
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