[asterisk-users] turn off auto-seek extention - force use timeout

[dave cantera]

mojo,
nice suggestion.
daveC

Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC wrote:
> So I'm guessing this is what you're doing:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ids]
> exten => s,1,playback(enter your id number)
> exten => s,2,WaitExten(10)
> exten => s,3,Goto(1)
>
> exten => 4768,1,blahblahblah
> exten => 4790,1,blahblahblah
> exten => 4732,1,blahblahblah
>
> exten => i,1,playback(error)
> exten => i,2,goto(s,1)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> So, maybe place the phones in a context that waits for a four-digit id 
> _before_ matching it to the context you were initially trying:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [getid]
> exten => s,1,playback(enter your id number)
> exten => s,2,WaitExten(10)
> exten => s,3,Goto(1)
>
> exten => _4XXX,1,goto(ids,${exten},1)
>
> [ids]
> exten => 4768,1,blahblahblah
> exten => 4790,1,blahblahblah
> exten => 4732,1,blahblahblah
>
> exten => i,1,playback(error)
> exten => i,2,goto(getid,s,1)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Untested: I wonder if one entered an extension that didn't exist, say 
> 4555, when we tried to Goto(ids, 4555, 1) would we get directed to 
> extension i in the extensions context or would the call be dropped 
> completely?
>
> Moj
>
> Justin Killen wrote:
>   
>> I have an application where a call-in user is prompted to enter an 
>> identification number for schedule information. That id number is 
>> setup as an extension, and if that extension doesn’t exist, it tells 
>> them that they are not scheduled, then loops back to ask for the id 
>> number again. My problem is that asterisk pre-emptively goes to the i 
>> extension (invalid) too early depending on available extensions. For 
>> example, if I put in id number 4768, and there is only 4790 and 4732, 
>> it will push to the invalid extension on the 6, then the “not 
>> scheduled” playback message (a cepstral command) gets cancelled out 
>> from the DTMF push of the 8. So, if I put in 4768, I get prompted to 
>> enter an id number. What I would like to do is turn off this feature, 
>> so that the number input does not get evaluated until after the 
>> timeout (preferably configurable from the extensions.conf file).
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> -Justin
>>
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