<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Tilghman Lesher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tilghman@meg.abyt.es">tilghman@meg.abyt.es</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Friday 28 January 2011 18:27:15 Bruce B wrote:<br>
> Hi Everyone,<br>
><br>
> I don't see any parameter for limiting duration of a call in the .call<br>
> file for Asterisk spool outgoing directory.<br>
><br>
> I'd rather not use a MeetMe to drop the call in a conference room and to<br>
> then limit the call duration as that complicates things unnecessarily.<br>
><br>
> I am wondering if there is anything else I can do or if the "Channel"<br>
> parameter take call duration like the "DIAL" parameter?<br>
<br>
</div></div>No, but you can specify a Local channel as the channel in the call file and<br>
then set a TIMEOUT(absolute) for the call, before you Dial() the actual<br>
channel you want to use. Keep in mind that the actual channel could be<br>
specified by a Set variable in the callfile.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Tilghman<br><br></blockquote>Can you you please explain the Local Channel concept. I am not sure what should be the Channel line:<div><br></div><div>Channel: xxx/yyy/zzzz</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the input. </div>
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