[asterisk-users] WaitForSilence Problems

[Julian Lyndon-Smith]

This is what we use, with (seemingly) good success:

exten => answermachine,1,Answer
exten => answermachine,n,Wait(5)
exten => answermachine,n,WaitForSilence(1000,2)
....

Julian

Nicholas Blasgen wrote:
> I'm trying to write an application for using after an agent has decided the
> person on the other end is an answering machine and would like to drop in a
> message automaticly.  When I'm testing this using my own voice as an
> aswering machine, WaitForSilence works correctly and returns only after a
> decent delay.  But when I hit my real cell phone's voice mail and transfer
> the call to the auto-message system, WaitForSilence returns after the given
> delay without waiting for it to finish.  I'm thinking this has something to
> do with the audio level and it not being enough for WaitForSilence to
> register.  But that really makes no sense.
> 
>     -- Executing [360445792 at dropin:1] Wait("SIP/vitelity-09e4f7c8", "1") in
> new stack
>     -- AGI Script Executing Application: (PLAYBACK) Options: (beep)
>     -- <SIP/vitelity-09e4b8c8> Playing 'beep' (language 'en')
>     -- Executing [360445792 at dropin:2]
> WaitForSilence("SIP/vitelity-09e4f7c8", "2500") in new stack
>     -- Waiting 1 time(s) for 2500 ms silence with 0 timeout
>     -- AGI Script Executing Application: (PLAYBACK) Options: (beep)
>     -- <SIP/vitelity-09e4b8c8> Playing 'beep' (language 'en')
>     -- Exiting with 2500ms silence >= 2500ms required
>     -- Executing [360445792 at dropin:3] Playback("SIP/vitelity-09e4f7c8",
> "recordings/360445792") in new stack
>     -- <SIP/vitelity-09e4f7c8> Playing 'recordings/360445792' (language
> 'en')
>     -- AGI Script Executing Application: (PLAYBACK) Options: (beep)
>     -- <SIP/vitelity-09e4b8c8> Playing 'beep' (language 'en')
>     -- Executing [360445792 at dropin:4] Hangup("SIP/vitelity-09e4f7c8", "") in
> new stack
> 
> [dropin]
> exten => _X.,1,Answer()
> exten => _X.,n,Wait(1)
> exten => _X.,n,WaitForSilence(2500)
> exten => _X.,n,Playback(recordings/${EXTEN})
> exten => _X.,n,Hangup()
> 
> I added the Wait(1) and Answer() just as an added thing, but they shouldn't
> be needed.  Anyone have a suggestion?
> 
> 
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