[asterisk-users] AGI: blocking script until playback complete

[Zohair Raza]

Try passing escape character

GET DATA $filename $timeout $max_digits $escape_character


Regards,
Zohair Raza


On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Chris Bagnall
<asterisk at lists.minotaur.cc>wrote:

> Greetings list,
>
> I've done AGI scripting before, but in the past I've always wanted control
> to be returned to the dialplan as soon as possible.
>
> However, today I have a scenario where I want the script to remain running
> during the playback of a file so that I can read DTMF at the end of
> playback. However, doing this:
>
> GET DATA en_welcome 5000 6
>
> Results (correctly) in the following in the asterisk console:
>    -- <SIP/a.b.c.d-dc027b50> Playing 'en_welcome' (language 'en')
>
> But the AGI continues to run on after this point, not waiting for either
> the sound file to be played, nor for the expected 6 DTMF digits.
>
> Adding a simple 10 second sleep/wait to the AGI allows the sound file to
> be successfully played back.
>
> I'm sure I must be missing something very obvious, buy my google-fu is
> failing me this afternoon.
>
> Suggestions gratefully received :-)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Chris
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