[asterisk-users] How to implement Ringing through a sound card for overhead paging

[Robert Augustyn]

Doug,
That is interesting concept.
How do you add this to a ring group and does it stop when an extension is
picked up?
Thank you very much.
robert  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Doug Lytle
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 10:34 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] How to implement Ringing 
> through a sound card for overhead paging
> 
> Robert Augustyn wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have followed this guide
> > 
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Setting+up+paging+with+a+sound+card
> >  and have paging working ok, now I need to implement 'ringing'.
> > When someone calls I need the ringing to be send to overhead paging 
> > through the sound card.
> 
> I have recorded a sound effect, use a callfile to play the 
> file via the sound card.  I have a very short timeout for 
> that extension.  I just jump back to the beginning on the 
> context, play the sound effect and then ring the phone again. 
>  Code below:
> 
> 
> ;******************************************************
> ;* If Press extension is dialed after 5pm, play bull
> ;* Horn sound effect to get pressman's attention
> ;******************************************************
> 
> [night_bell]
> 
> exten => 
> 4173,1,GotoIfTime(07:45-16:59|mon-fri|*|*?press-officehours,s,1)
> exten => 4173,2,System(/bin/cp /usr/local/bin/bullhorn.call 
> /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing/bullhorn`date +%s`.call) exten 
> => 4173,3,Dial(SIP/4173,15,tTkK) exten => 
> 4173,4,Goto(night_bell,4173,1)
> 
> 
> <bullhorn.call>
> 
> Channel: Console/dsp
> MaxRetries: 0
> Application: playback
> Data: /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/local/bullhorn
> 
> 
> Doug
> 
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