[Asterisk-Users] Dial Macro timeout fails

[whois wes]

glad to help...

i was actually writing a response about how i didn't know why yours
wasn't working when it hit me - in a macro, you can't have anything
other than the s extension defined.  in other words, you can't have
1,1 or 2,1 - any keypress breaks the macro.

in fact, that is EXACTLY why i developed the macro-announce the way i
did, because the macro application specifically forbids you from
entering input while in the macro, but the Read command is able to
work through that (i think it's buried somewhere on the wiki - i know
i used somebody else's template as a springboard - sorry i can't give
credit, if you're out there!).

in any case, that is why your original code didn't work.

also, FWIW, i have found myself using Read more and more - you can do
an entire multilevel IVR in ONE context this way, and it works great.

sorry to ramble, i get excited when i remember crap like this.

wes

On 7/3/06, David <asterisk at startupanywhere.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the response!  I used your template to write a similar one for us and it
> works great.  I wonder if there is a bug in the macro timeout code.
>
> David
>
> whois wes said:
> > This may sound stupid, but I had a similar issue that I solved by
> > placing an Answer at the beginning of what would be your 'screen'
> > macro.
> >
> > However, we have a call-screening macro as well, and don't have the
> > Answer command at the beginning...here it is, if this helps any.
> >
> > [macro-announce]
> > exten => s,1,Background(callfrom)
> > exten => s,2,Background(${ARG1})
> > exten => s,3,Read(ACCEPT|call-accept|1)
> > exten => s,4,Gotoif($[${ACCEPT} = 1] ?50) ;connect
> > exten => s,5,Gotoif($[${ACCEPT} = 2] ?30) ;reject to vm
> > exten => s,6,Gotoif($[${ACCEPT} = 3] ?30:30) ;any thing else vm
> > exten => s,30,SetVar(MACRO_RESULT=CONTINUE)
> > exten => s,31,Goto(50)
> > exten => s,50,System(/bin/rm -f ${ARG1}.gsm)
> > exten => h,1,System(/bin/rm -f ${ARG1}.gsm)
> >
> >
>
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