[asterisk-users] Dial() and the timeout to jump for next priority

[Eric Wieling]

Switch to a non-digital interface to the PSTN.

bilal ghayyad wrote:
> Hi List;
> 
> I am facing a problem that the Zap channel does not
> hangup when destination does not answer.
> 
> What shall I do if the Dial function does not jump to
> the next priority if rings the configured time? This
> happens when Dial function use Zap channel as
> following:
> 
> exten => _9X.,1,Dial(Zap/1/${EXTEN:1},40)
> exten => _9X.,2,Playback(vm-nobodyavail)
> exten => _9X.,3,Hangup()
> exten => _9X.,102,Congestion()
> exten => _9X.,103,Hangup()
> 
> Actually it stays ringing for long time (not related
> for the 40 sec) and it does not jump for the next
> priority (2) at all, in the end the telephone return
> busy tone (from the provider) and then no tone, but
> channel is not Hanged up (because provider does not
> hangup it), and the Dial does not jump to next
> priority to hangup.
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