[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Manager API - multi "Originate" cal ls

Wed Mar 2 13:23:43 MST 2005

I'm sure this has been said, but the asterisk at home installation of Flash 
Operator Panel shows the handset shaking when a phone is ringing, so there 
is a way to do it.

I'd search in there.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mattf" <mattf at vicimarketing.com>
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Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Manager API - multi "Originate" cal 
ls

> Well, I'm not sure about the current release as I have not tested this, 
> but
> on older releases for RBS T1s you would get a manager event showing a RING
> state. As for PRI, SIP and IAX2 I'm not sure, this is an inconsistent
> feature that differes depending on what kind of trunk you are using and 
> what
> network the person you are calling is on. The only sure thing you can tell
> is a call pickup in all cases, ringing is much harder to detect.
>
> MATT---
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Miller [mailto:thomasamiller at rocketmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 2:15 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Manager API - multi "Originate"
> cal ls
>
>
> Hi Matt, in your experience is there a 100% reliable
> way to know that the callee phone is ringing? In my
> situation I don't need to know if they pick up or not,
> I need to know (as reliably as possible) if the calee
> phone number is ringing.
>
> Thanks, Tom
>
>
> --- mattf <mattf at vicimarketing.com> wrote:
>
>> ActionID does not return in all events related to an
>> Action sent, sometimes
>> it will just send you a success message and nothing
>> more. Just try
>> Originating a call from a meetme room over an
>> outside line. You will get
>> about 150 lines of output and only one message will
>> have the ActionID in it,
>> the success message. On the other hand the callerID
>> is placed on many more
>> of the events in the output. It is still the case
>> that if you do complex
>> Manager Actions, the ONLY solution for tracking a
>> call is to use a custom
>> CallerID.
>>
>> Action: Originate
>> Exten: 8600080
>> Channel: local/917275551212 at default
>> Context: default
>> Priority: 1
>> Callerid: DF345678901234567890
>> Actionid: AID45678901234567890
>>
>>
>> MATT---
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Seddon [mailto:bill.seddon at lyquidity.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:06 AM
>> To: Stephen Owen hosted; Asterisk Users Mailing List
>> - Non-Commercial
>> Discussion
>> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Manager API -
>> multi "Originate" calls
>>
>>
>>
>> << read in places that you use "originate" command
>> and wait for an event
>> back, does that mean you cannot place another
>> "originate" until the event
>> comes back ?>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Not in my experience.  Originate will not send an
>> event to the caller until
>> either the intended caller (that is the extension
>> used in Originate) has
>> picked up their phone or a timeout occurs because
>> the intended caller does
>> not pick up their phone.  You can send as many
>> originate requests as you
>> like but they will fail if more than one uses the
>> same extension at the same
>> time.
>>
>>
>>
>> The issue you will face is determining which event
>> generated by Asterisk
>> belongs to which origination request.  For this
>> reason, the Manager API
>> allows you to specify an "ActionID" on any command.
>> An ActionID is any
>> string of characters that you use to uniquely
>> identify each command use
>> issue.  Asterisk will include the ActionID with each
>> related event so you
>> know which events to respond to and which to ignore.
>>  You will see many
>> events generated by Asterisk only some of which will
>> relate to your command.
>> The others will be events that Asterisk raises (for
>> example when a phone
>> registers) or events in response to commands issues
>> by other Manager API
>> users and at the command line.
>>
>>
>>
>> Take a look at Nicolas Gudino's Flash Operator Panel
>> ( www.asternic.org
>> <http://www.asternic.org/> ) as it used the manager
>> API extensively (albeit
>> through a proxy) and will typically make many
>> requests via the Manger API.
>>
>>
>>
>> <<Is it true that multiple API connections to
>> Asterisk Manager API will
>> crash it (thinking of alternative way to crack the
>> nut)>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Again, not in my experience.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lyquidity Solutions Limited
>> +44 (0) 208 241 0500
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On
>> Behalf Of Stephen Owen
>> hosted
>> Sent: March 02, 2005 12:28 PM
>> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Manager API -
>> multi "Originate" calls
>>
>>
>>
>> Been researching connecting over TCP\IP to Asterisk
>> Manager API to initiate
>> several concurrent calls to dial out. Prefer not to
>> generate ASCII .call
>> files.
>>
>>
>>
>> Question : I read in places that you use "originate"
>> command and wait for an
>> event back, does that mean you cannot place another
>> "originate" until the
>> event comes back ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it true that multiple API connections to Asterisk
>> Manager API will crash
>> it (thinking of alternative way to crack the nut)
>>
>>
>>
>> All help would be welcome - thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> Stephen Owen
>>
>>
>>
>> sip:stephenowen at iptel.org
>> IM:stephen_owen_2001 at hotmail.com
>>
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