[asterisk-users] Re: "Cheapest" way to determine channels in a group from outside asterisk?

[Nick Adams]

They aren't zap interfaces unfortunately. They are SIP/IAX channels 
started from originate and the manager API.

Lenz wrote:
> 
> why not using a "zap show" command and parse the results externally?
> l.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:12:46 +0200, Nick Adams <gmane at narkov.com> wrote:
> 
>> I need to determine the number of active calls in a group from outside 
>> of Asterisk. Currently I poll the manager API and parse the channel 
>> status list but this is becoming too expensive on CPU.
>>
>> What are my options? What is considered "standard practice" ? Update a 
>> DB field? Poll the manager api? Use an asterisk -rv 'some command' call?
>>
> 
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