[Asterisk-Users] Generating a call with the Manager interface..

[Jeremy McNamara]

Log of real session:

[root at psycho root]# telnet localhost 5038
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Asterisk Call Manager/1.0
action: login
username: joe
secret: bob

Response: Success
Message: Authentication accepted

action: originate
exten: 200
context: stations
channel: SIP/jeremy at Jeremy7960

Event: Newchannel
Channel: SIP/Jeremy7960-376c
State: Down
Callerid: <unknown>
Uniqueid: 1066109610.410

Event: Newchannel
Channel: SIP/Jeremy7960-376c
State: Ringing
Callerid: <unknown>
Uniqueid: 1066109610.410

Event: Newstate
Channel: SIP/Jeremy7960-376c
State: Up
Callerid: <unknown>
Uniqueid: 1066109610.410

Response: Success
Message: Originate successfully queued


then extensions.conf might look like:

[stations]
exten => 200,1,Dial,IAX2/joe at bob/${EXTEN}
exten => 200,2, Hangup


Jeremy McNamara


WipeOut wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Currently I use "call files" to automate the generation of calls from 
> our address book and the resulting call file looks like this..
>
> Channel: SIP/201
> WaitTime: 30
> Application: Dial
> Data: CAPI/4567:5556789
> CallerID: Auto Dial <1000>
>
> This method works but it not logging the calls to the CDR and there 
> are a few other issues.. So I wanted to try and do the same thing 
> using the manager interface in Asterisk.. The problem is that the docs 
> are a little shy on details..
>
> Does anyone know how I can turn my call file sample into the manager 
> interface equivalent??
>
> My guess is something like..
>
> Action: Originate
> Channel: SIP/201
> Timeout: 30
> ??? (application line)
> ???(data line)
> CallerID: Auto Dial <1000>
>
> Thanks..
>
>
>
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