[asterisk-users] WaitExten() always times out

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Wednesday 18 August 2010 16:52:38 Kathryn Jones wrote:
> I must not be receiving them properly, since I can't make it work. I just
> can't see why :P.
>
> My asterisk version is 1.6.2.6. Like I said before, for outgoing .call
> files WaitExten works fine, it's on incoming calls that I cannot receive
> the number I need.

There's your answer.  On outgoing calls, the other end signals the line into
answered state, whereas on incoming calls, you must explicitly answer the
channel before listening for DTMF.

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