[asterisk-users] What is the best way to campaign dial 5000 numbers? Spool files or AMI actions?

[Sammy Govind]

Yes why not,
I made an aut-odialer (the code I can share on my blogpost in couple of
days for you.) The basic structure of the script/code was to:

1- Start, connect to DB, fetch campaign data
2- Fetch numbers to dial from campaign, If no numbers goto step 6
3- Feed those number in a loop to AMI using a php-AMI helper script (Async
Event, don't wait for reply from Asterisk)
4- Check asterisk if its dialing capacity has reached or not
5a-  If Not, goto step 2
5b-  If Yes, wait for sometime for calls to finish, goto step 4
6- Close DB,Stop

So, I had a context that was connecting to MySQL and on each incoming call
trigger it was pushed with primary keys/identifiers of campaign and
callednumber. Using those I updated the CDRs/STATUS of that particular
number if it failed or successfully answered.

That was all. Obviously there are major advanced features in this script
which are missing and need time and proper coding expertise to develop..i.e
multi-campaign mode, aggressiveness of dialer, retrying of failed numbers
etc.


Regards,
Sammy.


On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Bruce B <bruceb444 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sammy,
>
> Would you care to elaborate please. Have you had experience doing such a
> campaign using AMI? Maybe you can share of the code.
>
> Most appreciated,
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Sammy Govind <govoiper at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd definitely go with AMI !
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 6:39 PM, asterisk jobs <asteriskcoding at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the input but using spool files or AMI or AGI is way
>>> different from each other and that is what I want to get an input on. I do
>>> have hands on with all methods like I noted but want to know what the trend
>>> is now-a-days and what is more robust and proven out of all three.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 8:12 AM, David Backeberg <dbackeberg at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 8:03 AM, asterisk jobs <
>>>> asteriskcoding at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Hi everyone,
>>>> >
>>>> > Using Asterisk 1.6x here with a TDM PRI. I have to run a campaign for
>>>> about
>>>> > 5000 numbers and then put the call to agents right away and pull up
>>>> the CRM
>>>> > based on the number dialed. So, I am going to be doing some PHP+Ajax
>>>> work. I
>>>> > am familiar with spool files but I don't like the fact that I can't
>>>> read the
>>>> > status of the call in real-time. However, I know that it's the
>>>> easiest way
>>>> > to approach the issue.
>>>>
>>>> The way to call 5000 numbers is to call one number, really well. Then
>>>> you put it in a loop. You need to run a lab for long enough that you
>>>> have the bugs worked out, before you subject real people to problems.
>>>>
>>>> With asterisk you can always tell the real-time status of a call, even
>>>> if you initiate from a call file. Perhaps you would enjoy reading up
>>>> on Local channels. Some people prefer to initiate calls from AMI. I
>>>> tried it and didn't like it.
>>>>
>>>> But because most of us have been annoyed by an autodialer in our
>>>> lives, even if we ourselves have made autodialers in the past, this is
>>>> probably about the limit of the help you're going to get, unless you
>>>> ask a more specific question that shows you've been trying to learn
>>>> this hands-on and you've gotten stuck on a particular problem.
>>>>
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