[Asterisk-Users] channels change names

[Peter Fern]

Correct.

Gary Reuter wrote:

>Another option would be to set/pass a variable and use that instead of
>the current channel variable value.   Keeping the Local chan up just
>to maintain a constant variable value may be alot of overkill
>(longterm) compared to rewriting your code to set and use your own
>variable (shortterm).
>
>On 4/20/06, Peter Fern <pete at keypoint.com.au> wrote:
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>>Probably because the Local proxy channel drops out once the two sides
>>have been bridged.  If you want the Local chan to stay up, use the /n
>>parameter and the local channel won't perform the native transfer.  This
>>does have it's own problems, but should do what you want.
>>
>>eg:
>>
>>Channel: Local/conf at default/n
>>
>>
>>
>>Jon-o Addleman wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>I'm writing a php script to dial numbers and connect them to a
>>>conference. This is fairly straightforward:
>>>
>>>Action: originate
>>>Channel: Local/conf at default
>>>Context: default
>>>Exten: $extension
>>>Priority: 1
>>>
>>>This is pretty straightforward. However, the script then loads the list
>>>of members in the conference (using the meetme list ... command). For
>>>local extensions this works fine - the list of members shows the right
>>>channels, etc. The problem I'm having is that if the extension is
>>>external, the conference list shows a Local/$extension channel at the
>>>start, and then once the call is completed, it changes the channel to
>>>whatever was dialed.
>>>
>>>I'm probably not explaining it properly, but what I'd like to have
>>>happen is that I get one consistent channel name from the start of the
>>>connection - it doesn't matter what it is, as long as it doesn't change.
>>>As things stand, the conference list isn't accurate, unless I wait about
>>>5 seconds after adding someone before updating the list.
>>>
>>>Thanks for any suggestions you might have here!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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