[asterisk-users] AMI check if connection is alive

[Matt Riddell]

On 17/05/11 3:25 AM, vip killa wrote:
> I'm using a perl daemon i wrote to connect to AMI and perform actions.
> The daemon connects to asterisk via AMI at start up. Is there anyway to
> check if the AMI connection is still alive, for example every 2 seconds.
> if the connection is not alive, re-connect to AMI? Also, does AMI
> timeout after a certain amount of time of not sending commands?

Send an "Action: Ping\r\n\r\n" command.  You should receive a response. 
  Run a timer on it and if you don't get a response reconnect.

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Cheers,

Matt Riddell
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