[asterisk-users] When does local leg in call file start?

[Doug Lytle]

Yuan LIU wrote:
> I noticed that s at from-file started to execute regardless of the state 
> of the outgoing call.  Is this supposed to be?  So far I can only set 
> a Wait() in the local leg and hope the remote party picks up soon enough.
>
> I thought call file extension will start execution only when the 
> outgoing leg is answered.  Or is there some way to detect this?

If you are dialing via a PRI or a device that supports call supervision, 
this is the case.  If you are using a standard POTS line, the call is 
assumed answered immediately.  This has been covered many times on this 
list, search the archives for code fragments on how to deal with such a 
situation.

Doug


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