[asterisk-users] Paging for Praying

[bilal ghayyad]

> How many customers will be receiving these reminders?

* It is required that all the employers at the company to hear this on their IP Phones.

> What religion is this targeted to?

* Islam.


> A call file is a text file that you create. The format is
> very specific. 

* How can I know this format? Because I need to know what should I place in this file so it will execute Paging for this group of Phones?


> You can 
> 'schedule' a call file to be processed in the future by
> setting the file's 
> 'mtime.'

*  Can you explain for me please?

I am fully thanks. 

Regards
Bilal

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> 
> > I have one more question:
> >
> > What was u meaning by call file and why it is required
> to place them in 
> > the 'astspooldir.'?
> 
> There are 2 methods of originating a call external to
> Asterisk: call files 
> and the Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI).
> 
> A call file is a text file that you create. The format is
> very specific. 
> It could contain (in the context of your needs) the phone
> number to dial 
> and the path of the file to play. A call file is kind of
> like a 'message 
> in a bottle.' You cast it into the sea and hope for the
> best. When this 
> file is "mv'ed" into the directory specified in the Asterisk
> astspooldir 
> variable, Asterisk will read it and try to do what you want.
> You can 
> 'schedule' a call file to be processed in the future by
> setting the file's 
> 'mtime.'
> 
> The Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) is a TCP connection
> between your 
> program and Asterisk. You can issue commands (like
> originate) and receive 
> responses. AMI is more robust because you can make decisions
> based on the 
> response.
> 
> If robustness is not of primary importance, a script
> scheduled by cron to 
> run after midnight could create the 5 call files for that
> day, setting the 
> 'mtime' of each file before "mv'ing" the file to the
> directory specified 
> by astspooldir -- usually /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing/
> 
> How many customers will be receiving these reminders?
> 
> What religion is this targeted to?