[asterisk-users] queue peridiodic-announce-frequency

[Paul Neuwirth]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:08:40 +0100
Antony Stone <Antony.Stone at asterisk.open.source.it> wrote:

> On Wednesday 17 January 2018 at 11:59:21, Paul Neuwirth wrote:
> 
> > Hello group,
> > 
> > I tried a lot to enlarge the frequency (i.e. more announces, low
> > wait between). according to config, every 30 seconds the
> > announcement should take place. In fact, the first periodic
> > announce is done after 2 minutes?
> > What is my fault?  
> 
> Config snipped for clarity...
> 
> > [defaultq]
> > timeout = 10
> > retry = 99
> > wrapuptime=15
> > maxlen = 0
> > announce-frequency = 30
> > min-announce-frequency = 30
> > periodic-announce-frequency = 30
> > announce-holdtime = yes
> > announce-position = yes
> > announce-to-first-user = yes
> > periodic-announce = tt-allbusy,hold-or-dial-0
> > reportholdtime = yes  
> 
> I believe that both timeout and retry have to be less than the
> announce intervals.
> 
> In your case, retry is set to 99, with the announce intervals set at
> 30, therefore you would get announcements at 30, 60, 90, 120, 150...
> except that retry=99 stops any announcement before 99, therefore the
> first one you get is at 120 (2 minutes).
> 
> So, try setting retry to a value not less than 30 and see if that
> fixes things.
> 
> 
> 
> Antony.
> 

thank you. working fine now. I misinterpret the retry (thought counts).
Unfortunately the documentation (comments) lack dimensions almost at
all..

Regards

Paul