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

[shawn bright]

Yep, its an analog channel, a land line to the Central Office.
i did manage to get the connection fixed (had a broken line)
that was driving me nuts. But still, if no one answers, i need to write
something like
an acknowlage requirement that will let me know.
thanks for your help, i am a little closer now.
-sk

On 8/8/06, Tony Mountifield <tony at softins.clara.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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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