[Asterisk-Dev] Manager documentation / examples for detecting calls

[Giovanni Miano]

Hi Paul,

Visit 
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Manager+API
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-asterisk+manager+events

you must caputure follow Events:
"Newexten" ' NEW EXTENSION OR EXTENSION PRIORITY MESSAGE
"Newchannel" ' NEW CHANNEL OR CHANNEL STATE MESSAGE
"Newstate" ' NEW CHANNEL STATE MESSAGE
"Link" ' NEW LINKAGE OR CONNECTION
"Unlink" ' LINK SEVERED MESSAGE
"Hangup" ' STATION DROPS MESSAGE

Bye,
Giovanni

On 6/8/05, Paul J. Smith <pjsmith at mtgsy.net> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to write a small app that can detect when a particular
> extension gets/makes a call, and when that call terminates.
> 
> I couldn't find any docs for the manager API other than listings of some
> of the events etc.  I've got as far as making the connection, reading
> the events etc.
> 
> What I'd like to know, is, to detect a call to, say, 'SIP/Paul', which
> event(s) would I look for  (currently trying to detect 'dial'), and
> which event say the call is terminated.  i.e. which event(s) I should be
> using to detect the start of a call and detect the end of that call.
> 
> I currently look at the dial event, track the uid, but dial does not
> always seem to provide the info I need, and it often occurs several
> times.
> 
> Rather than stumble through guessing what events I should probably be
> reading and wasting time, can someone possibly point me in the right
> direction or provide an example or the recommended events?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Paul Smith
> 
> 
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