[Asterisk-Users] Callback auto dialing

[Tim Panton]

On 3 Apr 2006, at 14:43, Cosmin Prund wrote:

> Hello everyone.
>
> This is an other question from a relatively newbie.
>
> I'd like to provide auto callback ability for my *. From my mobile  
> I want to
> be able to call a number on the * and have it call me back on my  
> mobile. I
> know how to generate a .call file from a script and I know how to  
> call a
> script from the dialplan (in order to get the .call file  
> generated). I also
> found the scripts on www.voip-info.org on "callback voicemail" but  
> what I
> want is not voicemail. I just want to talk to the * and use it's  
> much lower
> rates!
>
> What I do not know is what to write in that call file so I'll get  
> an IVR
> when I answer the phone, not Voicemail or an other channel. It  
> seems that
> call files are designed to connect one channel to an other channel  
> or one
> channel to an application. But I don't want to connect to an  
> application
> like Voicemail, I want the system to behave as if I called the  
> other way
> around and ended up into an arbitrary context.

I think you can get what you want using the 'local' channel.

I have a call file with:

Channel: Local/60 at default
MaxRetries: 5
RetryTime: 300
WaitTime: 45
Context: serverdown
Extension: s
Priority: 1

which effectively 'bridges' 2 arbitrary parts of the dialplan:
exten 60 in the default context
and
exten s in the serverdown context

Hope that helps.

Tim.


Tim Panton
tim at mexuar.com