[asterisk-users] A Leg Control on Asterisk Callback

[Brian Hutchinson]

Read all the options of the Dial() function.  There are options you can mess
with to play something while the call is ringing (music on hold feature if I
recall). Check out all the Dial options.

On 10/29/07, Douglas Garstang <dougmig33 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I'm confused about something.
> It's the way Asterisk handles the A leg (ie the first party dialed) on an
> originate command via the Manager Interface.
>
> Lets say our originate commands looks like this:
>
> ACTION: Originate
> Async: yes
> Timeout: 60000
> Exten: callback
> Channel: SIP/5551212 at provider
> Variable: destination=SIP/8675309 at provider
> Callerid: 5551212
> Context: default
> ActionID: 849120
> Priority: 1
>
> Asterisk first goes and dials the Channel parameter, SIP/5551212 at provider.
> This is where it gets confusing. You have no control over what happens here.
> The actions don't even appear on the Asterisk console debug. It isn't until
> this party has picked up, and control jumps to the 'callback' extension,
> that Asterisk shows you what it is doing.
>
> So, I went and changed the Channel parmeter to Channel: Local/5551212 at LegA,
> and made a LegA context:
>
> [LegA]
> exten => _X.,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN}@provider)
> exten => _X.,n,Playback(tt-monkeys)
>
> I wanted to have control over the call both before and after it is placed.
> I wanted to be able to play a prompt to the caller before the call is placed
> to the destination number. However, since we've dialled the A party already,
> we have no control over the dial plan anymore after they have answered, and
> I can't play prompts.
>
> What can I do here?
>
> Doug.
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