[Asterisk-Users] Read() timeout hangs up the line

[Troy]

Hi list,

I am having some difficulty implementing a certain dialplan where the 
following
happens. If the first Dial() is not answered, I want to play a small 
greeting then
ask the caller to either hold the line (try calling again) or press 1 
to leave
voicemail.

exten => s,1,Dial(${BLAH},10,Tt)                         ; Dial 10 sec
exten => s,2,Answer
exten => s,3,Playback(greeting)
exten => s,4,Playback(werebusy)
exten => s,5,DigitTimeout(1)
exten => s,6,ResponseTimeout(3)
exten => s,7,Read(WHAT,holdormsg,1)             ; "Hold the line, or 
press 1 to leave a msg.."
exten => s,8,Gotoif($[${WHAT} = 1]?30)
exten => s,9,Dial(${BLAH},15,Ttm)                       ; Dial another 
15 sec with music on hold
exten => s,10,Goto(7)                                   ; Loop

My problem is that if the caller doesn't press a key when prompted, and 
the Read()
is allowed to time out (3 seconds), (s,7) returns non-zero and asterisk 
hangs up
on the caller without further execution. I want it to continue down the 
priorities and
redial the line, with hold music..  It doesn't even get to test the 
value of ${WHAT}
if nothing is entered. However, if the caller enters an number other 
than 1, it will
perform properly and redial the line.

     -- Executing Read("vpb/1-1", "WHAT|holdormsg|1") in new stack
     -- Accepting a maximum of 1 digits.
     -- Playing 'holdormsg' (language 'en')
     -- User entered ''
   == Spawn extension (blah, s, 9) exited non-zero on 'vpb/1-1'
   == vpb/1-1: Hangup requested
   == vpb/1-1: Ending record mode (1/yes)
   == vpb/1-1: Ending play mode on vpb/1-1
   == vpb/1-1: Hangup complete

Any ideas what could be wrong ?

Cheers
Troy