[Asterisk-Users] AbsoluteTimeout Inside A Macro

[Chris Shaw]

For one thing it's 't' not 'T', just like invalid is 'i' not 'I'

    -Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher L. Wade" <clwade at sparco.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] AbsoluteTimeout Inside A Macro


> Christopher L. Wade wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is it just me and not reading the docs right, or has anybody else had
> > problems with the AbsoluteTimeout application and the 'T' extension when
> > used inside a macro?
> >
> > [macro-attended]
> > ; ARG1 is the device to dial out on, SIP or Zap, or whatever
> > ; ARG2 is the extension to dial using 'attended' dialing
> > exten => s,1,AbsoluteTimeout(30)
> > exten => s,2,AGI(attended-extension,${ARG1},${ARG2})
> > ; attended-extension takes a device string and an extension
> > ; and builds a dial string according to some crazy internal logic
> > exten => s,3,Dial(${DIALSTRING},5,t)
> > exten => s,4,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1)
> >
> > exten => s-NOANSWER,1,Goto(s,1)
> >
> > exten => T,1,NoOp("i got here here")
> > exten => T,2,Goto(s,1)
> >
> > The purpose of this macro is to be able to say something like
> >
> > exten => _8XX,1,Macro(attended,SIP,${EXTEN})
> >
> > and have the the dialed extension rung, then, if no answer within 5
> > seconds, have the dialed extension plus an 'attendant' for that
> > extension rung, (etc. etc. etc.).  If nobody answers after 30 seconds,
> > the caller is (read 'will be') offered the chance to leave a voicemail,
> > otherwise re-enter the loop, ringing the 'full' attendant list for the
> > requested extension.
> >
> > When I test this, everything works according to plan, except when
> > AbsoluteTimeout expires, my T extension inside the macro is not
> > executed, the call is simply hungup.  What am I doing wrong?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> >
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> Anybody?
>
> Right now I'm considering doing this inside an AGI app, but I don't like
> the way Dial is 'blocking' (AGI or not).  I guess I could use chan_local
> in my dial string inside the AGI to make it 'fork' but that just creates
> a whole new ball of ear wax to deal with. :(
>
> This 'bug' seams strange though, because I've seen examples that, at
> least to my eyes, appear exactly the same as my above code.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
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