[asterisk-users] Auto retry on Busy

[John Novack]

Also many so-called "legacy" hybrid PBX switches have had this for many 
a year
Hard to compete when well used features that have been around for 20 
years are lacking

John Novack

Rushowr wrote:
> The reason he might want it is because it's a feature offered by many POTS and Mobile Telcos. I know that's why I've played with it, the ITSPs and SIP Termination providers I consult for want to have as many if not more features to offer than the POTS and Mobile guys.
>
> Cheers,
> Rushowr - Sherwood McGowan
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Smith
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 2:30 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Auto retry on Busy
>
> Why don't you just test for the dial status after the dial command
> completes? I don't really see why you want something to keep dialing until
> it gets through, but this would work.
>
> [something]
> 1,1,Dial(zap/,sip/, etc/whatever, 10)
> 1,n,gotoif[${DIALSTATUS}="BUSY"]?(LINEBUSY):(OTHER)
> 1,n(LINEBUSY), Wait(30)
> 1,n,goto(something,1,1)
> 1,n(OTHER), do something else
>
> Sure it is pretty rough, but the basics are there. Also you might want to
> read this: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+variable+DIALSTATUS
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> Noah Silverman wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anybody have an easy solution for this.
>>
>> I want something that will keep trying a busy number every 30 seconds 
>> until it gets through.
>>
>> I've tried retrydial, but can't get it to work.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -N
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