[asterisk-users] turn off auto-seek extention - force use timeout

[Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC]

So I'm guessing this is what you're doing:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ids]
exten => s,1,playback(enter your id number)
exten => s,2,WaitExten(10)
exten => s,3,Goto(1)

exten => 4768,1,blahblahblah
exten => 4790,1,blahblahblah
exten => 4732,1,blahblahblah

exten => i,1,playback(error)
exten => i,2,goto(s,1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So, maybe place the phones in a context that waits for a four-digit id 
_before_ matching it to the context you were initially trying:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[getid]
exten => s,1,playback(enter your id number)
exten => s,2,WaitExten(10)
exten => s,3,Goto(1)

exten => _4XXX,1,goto(ids,${exten},1)

[ids]
exten => 4768,1,blahblahblah
exten => 4790,1,blahblahblah
exten => 4732,1,blahblahblah

exten => i,1,playback(error)
exten => i,2,goto(getid,s,1)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Untested: I wonder if one entered an extension that didn't exist, say 
4555, when we tried to Goto(ids, 4555, 1) would we get directed to 
extension i in the extensions context or would the call be dropped 
completely?

Moj

Justin Killen wrote:
>
> I have an application where a call-in user is prompted to enter an 
> identification number for schedule information. That id number is 
> setup as an extension, and if that extension doesn’t exist, it tells 
> them that they are not scheduled, then loops back to ask for the id 
> number again. My problem is that asterisk pre-emptively goes to the i 
> extension (invalid) too early depending on available extensions. For 
> example, if I put in id number 4768, and there is only 4790 and 4732, 
> it will push to the invalid extension on the 6, then the “not 
> scheduled” playback message (a cepstral command) gets cancelled out 
> from the DTMF push of the 8. So, if I put in 4768, I get prompted to 
> enter an id number. What I would like to do is turn off this feature, 
> so that the number input does not get evaluated until after the 
> timeout (preferably configurable from the extensions.conf file).
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> -Justin
>
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