[Asterisk-Dev] Setting conference room timeout

[Atif Rasheed]

Can't we use some asterisk API call to associate a timer to a conference 
room, like settimeout() application associates a timer with a certain 
channel-id.

Atif

Dan Austin wrote:

>ast wrote:
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>> We are working on a prepaid conference room application, 
>>currently the problem we are facing is related to timeout.
>>Like we terminate a call session after some time by calling
>>`settimeout()` application,
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>>How do I associate a timeout value while starting a conference
>>room, that conference room e.g.3049 (along with it's related
>>connected calls) are terminated/disconnected after 'X' timeout
>>value.
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>This is more of a -user question, but here's a couple ideas
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>I have a out-of-tree module that stores conference information
>in a database and includes a termination time.  To accomplish 
>the 'timeout', I have a small PHP script that monitors for active
>conferences, checks their scheduled end time, gives a five minute
>warning and then uses the manager API to shutdown the conference at
>the correct time.
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>If you're conferences will not use fixed start/stop times the 
>problem is just a small bit different.  You can use the manager
>API to get a list of conferences and their duration,  and if a 
>conference is over it's limit, use the manager API to end the 
>conference.
>
>Dan	
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