[asterisk-users] Asterisk Manager Interface, reliably monitor NewCall for an extension

[Devraj Mukherjee]

Hi Everyone,

I am writing an open source application that brings desktops widgets
to OS X (http://sourceforge.net/projects/astrxtools4osx/), for which I
am trying to get my head around the Asterisk Manager Interface.

I had been using the Event: NewCallerid to detect a new call which my
Asterisk server doesn't seem to send to the socket anymore, because of
which I have reverted to using Event: Newexten.

Which is the most efficient way of monitoring if a new phone call is
coming my way? Also my application will only monitor a single
extension, should I filter the requests on the client side or can a
manager interface user be restricted to a single extensions events.

Thanks for your time.

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