[asterisk-users] Not hearing first prompts

[Sherwood McGowan]

Brent Davidson wrote:
> Another solution that works for me is to add "Playback(silence/1)" 
> just before whatever you are about to do.  Something about the 
> playback command opens the channel up.
>
> -Brent
>
> Sherwood McGowan wrote:
>> Alan Lord wrote:
>>   
>>> Sherwood McGowan wrote:
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>>>> Hrm...I have encountered this before and sometimes doing an explicit 
>>>> Answer() then a Wait(2), then calling the service can help.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this is helpful
>>>>
>>>> Sherwood McGowan
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>> Bingo!
>>>
>>> Thanks a bunch. That sorted it.
>>>
>>> Al
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>>>     
>> Fantastic! Very glad I could help.
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Actually, try using an actual sound file sometimes, IIRC you'll get the 
first second or so cut off. Been a while since I tried it, but I'm 
fairly sure the BEST method is Answer() because otherwise you're just 
using Playback(silence/1) to do the same thing, why bother?