[Asterisk-Users] Giving user progress in an voice menu system

[Sean Kennedy]

Hi all,

Thanks Christian for informing Dial() options which will let me do 
exactly what I am after. 

You'd think I'd remember things like that.  *shakes head*

Thanks again

Sean

Sean Kennedy wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a voice menu system ( Outlined below ), and I'd like to give 
> the user some feedback when they dial an extension ( ringing, music, 
> SOMETHING ).  As it stands, when a user enters an extension from the 
> menu system, they hear silence while the line rings.  I even tried 
> including the Ringing application before calling my macro to dial the 
> phones, with no luck.
>
> Any help is apprecaited.
>
> Sean
>
>
> [800-in]
>
> exten => s,1,Answer
> exten => s,2,Background(billing-welcome)
> exten => s,3,ResponseTimeout(5)
> exten => s,4,Background(billing-menu)
> exten => t,1,Goto(s,3)
>
> exten => i,1,Playback(pbx-invalid)
> exten => i,2,Goto(s,2)
>
> exten => 101,1,Ringing
> exten => 101,2,Wait(1)
> exten => 101,3,Macro(ext,101)
>
> exten => 113,1,Ringing
> exten => 113,2,Wait(1)
> exten => 113,3,Macro(ext,113)
>
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