[Asterisk-Users] VM Outcall: Rube Goldberg Edition
Eric Wieling aka ManxPower
eric at fnords.org
Fri Jul 15 09:56:03 MST 2005
The script will create a file in /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing
That is the file that makes Asterisk make the call. This this file
exist when there should be a pending call? Also make sure your
externnotify= is set to the full path of the script.
Kevin wrote:
> Thanks for the update. I had made that assumption after looking at the
> script but checked as I can't seem to get it to call. I added the
> variable to the general section, created the script, made it executable
> and no call. I wait the 10 minutes and monitor the asterisk and system
> messages log. Is there any way to monitor the script or perl log to see
> what's going wrong?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Wieling aka ManxPower [mailto:eric at fnords.org]
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:43 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] VM Outcall: Rube Goldberg Edition
>
> Kevin wrote:
>
>
>>Is the pager filed in the vm config still for the outcall destination
>
> or
>
>>where do you specify the number to call for the outcall?
>
> Sorry.
>
> You use notify= option in voicemail.conf:
>
> 3532 => 8711,Toni Hawkins,,,tz=central,notify=15045556389
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Eric Wieling aka ManxPower [mailto:eric at fnords.org]
>>Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 5:11 PM
>>To: Kevin; asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] VM Outcall: Rube Goldberg Edition
>>
>>Resent to the list since I didn't think you would mind.
>>
>>Kevin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Eric,
>>>
>>>I have been using your vm outcall script for some time and it has
>>
>>worked
>>
>>
>>>well. Thanks for your efforts.
>>>
>>>I am trying to re-install and I can't seem to get a call file
>>
>>generated.
>>
>>
>>>I have set up postfix and in the log it appears that it pipes the
>>>message to the vmoutcall script. But that's as far as I get.
>>>
>>>I was hopeful that you could offer a suggestion on how to debug the
>>>activity of the script so I can try to figure out why it isn't
>>
>>working.
>>
>>I don't provide support for any of the sample scripts, etc that I
>
> write.
>
>>The original VM Outcall was very primitive. Now that Asterisk has the
>
>
>>externnotify= option I have a much better, but still pretty primitive,
>
>
>>script.
>>
>>In /etc/voicemail.conf, in [general] put:
>>
>
> ========================================================================
>
>>===
>>externnotify=/usr/local/bin/vm-notify.pl
>>
>
> ========================================================================
>
>>===
>>
>>Here is the vm-notify.pl script:
>>
>
> ========================================================================
>
>>===
>>#!/usr/bin/perl -w
>>use Fcntl;
>>use Fcntl ":flock";
>>
>>$dial_context="local-access";
>>
>>($vm_box, $vm_context) = $ARGV[1] =~/(.*)\@(.*)/;
>>$current_vm_context = "";
>>
>>if(!sysopen($vm_conf_file_handle, "/etc/asterisk/voicemail.conf",
>>O_RDONLY))
>>{
>> printf("Cannot open /etc/asterisk/voicemail.conf!\n");
>> exit(1);
>>}
>>
>>while($vm_conf_line = <$vm_conf_file_handle>) {
>> chomp($vm_conf_line);
>> if((substr($vm_conf_line,0,1) eq ";") || (length($vm_conf_line) ==
>>0)) {
>> next;
>> }
>> ($tmp_vm_context) = $vm_conf_line =~ /\[(.*)\]/;
>> if(defined($tmp_vm_context)) {
>> if($current_vm_context ne "") {
>> exit(0);
>> }
>> if($tmp_vm_context eq $vm_context) {
>> $current_vm_context = $vm_context;
>> next;
>> }
>> } else {
>> if($current_vm_context eq $vm_context) {
>> ($tmp_vm_box) = $vm_conf_line =~ /(\d+)/;
>> if($tmp_vm_box eq $vm_box) {
>> ($dial_dest) = $vm_conf_line =~ /.*notify=(\d+)/;
>> if(!defined($dial_dest)) {
>> exit(0);
>> }
>> close($vm_conf_file_handle);
>>
>> # If there's already a .call file for this mailbox then don't
>
>
>>do anything.
>> # If there isn't already a .call file then create it.
>> #$call_file_name = "/tmp/" . $vm_box . ".call";
>> $call_file_name = "/var/spool/asterisk/outgoing/" . $vm_box .
>
>
>>".call";
>> if(!sysopen($call_file_handle, "$call_file_name",
>>O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL)) {
>> exit(0);
>> }
>> flock($call_file_handle, LOCK_EX);
>>
>> # Set the access and modification times to be 10 years in the
>
>
>>future so
>> # Asterisk will ignore this file while we are doing stuff
>
> with
>
>>it.
>> $long_time = time() + (10 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60);
>> utime($long_time, $long_time, "$call_file_name");
>>
>> srand;
>> $call_delay=300 + rand(120);
>>
>> # Build our .call file.
>> printf($call_file_handle "Channel:
>>Local/^%s^%s^%s^%s\@vm-notify\n", $vm_box, $vm_context, $dial_dest,
>>$dial_context);
>> printf($call_file_handle "WaitTime: 30\n");
>> printf($call_file_handle "RetryTime: %i\n", 60 + rand(5));
>> printf($call_file_handle "MaxRetries: 12\n");
>> printf($call_file_handle "Context: vm-notify\n");
>> printf($call_file_handle "Extension: s\n");
>> printf($call_file_handle "Priority: 1\n");
>> printf($call_file_handle "Callerid: Voicemail Notify
>>\<9852463509\>\n");
>> printf($call_file_handle "SetVar: VM_BOX=%s\n", $vm_box);
>> printf($call_file_handle "SetVar: VM_CONTEXT=%s\n",
>>$vm_context);
>>
>> # Unlock and close the file.
>> flock($call_file_handle, LOCK_UN);
>> close($call_file_handle);
>>
>> # Set the access and modification times to be 10 mins in the
>>future so
>> #Asterisk will delay for 10 mins before processing this .call
>>file
>> $short_time = time() + $call_delay;
>> utime($short_time, $short_time, "$call_file_name");
>>
>> exit(0);
>>
>> }
>> } else {
>> next;
>> }
>> }
>>}
>>
>>
>
> ========================================================================
>
>>===
>>
>>In /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf you need to put this:
>>
>
> ========================================================================
>
>>===
>>[vm-notify]
>>
>>exten => _^X.,1,Cut(VM_BOX=EXTEN,^,2)
>>exten => _^X.,2,Cut(VM_CONTEXT=EXTEN,^,3)
>>exten => _^X.,3,Cut(DIAL_DEST=EXTEN,^,4)
>>exten => _^X.,4,Cut(DIAL_CONTEXT=EXTEN,^,5)
>>exten => _^X.,5,HasNewVoiceMail(${VM_BOX}@${VM_CONTEXT})
>>exten => _^X.,6,Answer
>>exten => _^X.,7,Hangup
>>exten => _^X.,106,Dial(Zap/g2/${DIAL_DEST},20)
>>exten => _^X.,107,Noop(DIALSTATUS=${DIALSTATUS})
>>exten => _^X.,108,GotoIf($[${DIALSTATUS} = CHANUNAVAIL]?111)
>>exten => _^X.,109,GotoIf($[${DIALSTATUS} = CONGESTION]?111)
>>exten => _^X.,110,Answer
>>exten => _^X.,111,Hangup
>>
>>exten => s,1,Wait(1)
>>exten => s,2,HasNewVoiceMail(${VM_BOX}@${VM_CONTEXT},VM_NUMBER)
>>exten => s,3,Hangup
>>exten => s,103,SetVar(LOOP=1)
>>exten => s,104,ResponseTimeout(1)
>>exten => s,105,Background(vm-youhave)
>>exten => s,106,SayNumber(${VM_NUMBER})
>>exten => s,107,Background(vm-INBOX)
>>exten => s,108,Background(vm-messages)
>>exten => s,109,Background(vm-for)
>>exten => s,110,Background(extension)
>>exten => s,111,SayDigits(${VM_BOX})
>>exten => s,112,Background(vm-instructions)
>>
>>exten => 1,1,ResponseTimeout(0)
>>exten => 1,2,VoicemailMain(${VM_BOX}@${VM_CONTEXT})
>>
>>exten => #,1,Playback(goodbye)
>>exten => #,2,Hangup
>>
>>exten => t,1,GotoIf($[${LOOP} > 3]?#,1)
>>exten => t,2,SetVar(LOOP=$[${LOOP} + 1])
>>exten => t,3,Goto(s,104)
>>
>>
>
> ========================================================================
>
>>===
>>
>>
>>Why all the crap with CUT and ^ asd that weird pattern match? Well,
>
> as
>
>>far as I can tell when, in a .call file, you use SetVar, it does NOT
>
> set
>
>>those variables for "Channel: Local/" leg of the call, only the
>>"Context: Extension: Priority:" part of the call.
>>
>>This script, run by externnotify, creates a .call file that "calls" a
>>Local/ channel. That channel runs an extension that checks to see if
>>the user has new voicemail. Maybe they checked their voicemail
>
> between
>
>>the time the .call file was created (when the message was left) and
>
> the
>
>>time the .call file actually runs. The script makes sure the .call
>
> file
>
>>will run about 10 mins in the future.
>>
>>If the user has no new voicemail, the extension answers and then hangs
>
>
>>up the call. This makes sure the .call system knows that the call was
>
>
>>"answered".
>>
>>If there is still new voicemail, then the call happens, and the person
>
>
>>is told how many messages they have, and have a chance to log into
>>voicemail. I would like to be able to detect voicemail answering and
>>not start playing prompts unless a human answers.
>>
>>--Eric
>
>
>
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