[asterisk-users] Submenus

[Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC]

In fact, change the n in
"exten => 1,n,Background(Met_Instructions)" to 3 like so:
"exten => 1,3,Background(Met_Instructions)"
and then add immediately after that line:
exten => 1,4,WaitExten(3000)
exten => 1,5,Goto(3)

So if they don't answer immediately they are read the instructions again.

Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC wrote:
> Try breaking up the contexts. Contexts are what you call 'submenus'. 
> For example:
> 
> [MetarMain]
> exten => 1,1,answer
> exten => 1,n,Background(Met_welcome)
> exten => 1,n,Background(Met_Instructions)
> 
> exten => 3575,1,set(airport=ekrk) ; non-ambiguous
> exten => 3575,n,goto(Metar_Process,s,1)
> 
> exten => 3524,1,goto(Metar_ekch_ekah,s,1) ; ambiguous, so submenu
> 
> [Metar_ekch_ekah]
> exten => s,1,Background(Metar_ekch_or_ekah)
> exten => s,n,WaitExten(3000)
> exten => s,n,goto(1)
> 
> exten => 1,1,set(airport=ekch)
> exten => 1,n,goto(Metar_Process,s,1)
> 
> exten => 2,1,set(airport=ekah)
> exten => 2,n,goto(Metar_Process,s,1)
> 
> [Metar_Process]
> exten => s,1,NoOP(Airport code chosen: ${airport})
> exten => s,n,...
> 
> Made it up as it went along, so it could be strewn with bugs... but it 
> should lead you in the right direction.
> 
> Moj
> 
> Mir wrote:
>> Hello
>> I'm doing an IVR-service, where pilot can check metar (airport weather
>> information), they enter the 4 letter airport code on their phone, and
>> get the metar read back by text-to-speech.
>>
>>
>> [Metar]
>>
>> exten => 1,1,answer
>>
>> exten => 1,2,Background(Met_welcome)
>>
>> exten => 1,3,set(airport="")2,Background(Met_welcome)
>>
>> exten => 1,3,set(airport="")3,set(airport="")
>>
>> exten => 1,n,Background(Met_Instructions)
>>
>> (When they press an airportcode, I set a variable)
>>
>> exten => 3575,1,set(airport=ekrk)
>>
>> exten => 3575,n,goto(Metar,s,1)
>>
>> exten => 3598,1,set(airport=ekyt)
>>
>> and so on
>>
>> exten => 3575,n,goto(Metar,s,1)
>>
>> exten => 3598,1,set(airport=ekyt)
>>
>> and so on
>>
>> exten => 3598,1,set(airport=ekyt)
>>
>> and so on
>> In the S extension, I do all of the processing .
>> My problem is that some of the airports has the same code, for
>> instance EKCH wich is entered by pressing 3524, but EKAH has the same
>> digits, so I need to make a sub-menu, where I can ask the caller to
>> press 1 for EKCH or 2 for EKAH.
>> Right now, I do like this:
>>
>>
>> exten => 3524,1,background(Met_ch_bi_ah)background(Met_ch_bi_ah)
>>
>> exten => 4,1,set(airport=ekch)
>>
>> exten => 4,n,goto(Metar,s,1)
>>
>> exten => 6,1,set(airport=ekbi)
>>
>> exten => 6,n,goto(Metar,s,1)1,set(airport=ekch)
>>
>> exten => 4,n,goto(Metar,s,1)
>>
>> exten => 6,1,set(airport=ekbi)
>>
>> exten => 6,n,goto(Metar,s,1)6,1,set(airport=ekbi)
>>
>> exten => 6,n,goto(Metar,s,1)6,n,goto(Metar,s,1)
>>
>> This is not a very good solution, if a user by mistake press 4 in the
>> main loop, it goes right to EKCH metar, instead of informing the user
>> that it is an invalid code.
>>
>> So what I need is a way to make a submenu, that is only "visible" when
>> needed, and can set the airport variable.
>>
>> How do I do this?
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael
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