[asterisk-users] Re: agi script runs even if no answer

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <384c93600608080524j76c2b33bwdb729621e7c4b0c9 at mail.gmail.com>,
shawn bright <nephish at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ok, here is the text written by my script in a file called drop.call in
> /var/spool/asterisk/tmp. After the file is created, it is moved to
> /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing
> 
> Channel: Zap/4/2441243
> Callerid: 2445599
> WaitTime: 15
> Context: outboundmsg1
> Extension: s
> 
> thanks
> sk

OK, so you are calling out via a Zap channel. Is this an analogue line
or a digital line?

I suspect it is an analogue line, in which case it can be tricky to tell
when the line has been answered at the other end. I believe the default
is for Asterisk to consider the line answered as soon as the call is
placed.

There is experimental support for call progress detection, which can
be enabled in /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf (look for the "callprogress"
option). However, I don't know anything about it, having never used it.

The only way to make this really reliable is to use a digital interface,
either BRI or PRI.

Hope this helps
Cheers
Tony

> On 8/8/06, Tony Mountifield <tony at softins.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > In article <384c93600608071849r14942051h82113d8fc7247b77 at mail.gmail.com>,
> > shawn bright <nephish at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > i have a python script that drops a call.call file into the
> > > /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing directory
> > > the extension it points to reads like this
> > >
> > > [outboundmsg1]
> > > exten => s,1,Answer
> > > exten => s,2,Wait(3)
> > > exten => s,3,AGI(server_dialout.py)
> > > exten => s,4,Hangup
> > >
> > > the problem is that when the script is run, there is no pause to answer,
> > and
> > > even if the phone is not answered, the script
> > > continues to run.
> > >
> > > any idea how to make the answer function stop and wait for the answer?
> >
> > Please post the contents of the call file that you generate...
> >
> > Cheers
> > Tony
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