It does nothing on hardware channels. SendText is just works on SIP channels. Purpose of SendText is showing text messages on user phone screen.
show application SendText -= Info about application 'SendText' =- [Synopsis] Send a Text Message [Description] SendText(text[|options]): Sends text to current channel (callee). Result of transmission will be stored in the SENDTEXTSTATUS channel variable: SUCCESS Transmission succeeded FAILURE Transmission failed UNSUPPORTED Text transmission not supported by channel At this moment, text is supposed to be 7 bit ASCII in most channels. The option string many contain the following character: 'j' -- jump to n+101 priority if the channel doesn't support text transport On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Alex Balashov <abalas...@evaristesys.com>wrote: > What does Sendtext() actually do? Does it send a SIP request of > method MESSAGE? What does it do on a hardware channel - say, analog > or TDM? > > Michelle Dupuis wrote: > > > That may not work for all sip phones. Some (like xlite/eyebeam) crash > > when receiving a text, others drop the subsequent call (Aastra 5x). > > These observations are based on a project we did in late 2008; so be > > sure to do a proof of concept before you get too deep into the project. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com > > [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Danny > > Nicholas > > *Sent:* Monday, November 09, 2009 9:12 AM > > *To:* Asterisk Users List > > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging > > > > Sendtext() works for SIP endpoints > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > *From:* asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com > > [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Thomas > > Perron > > *Sent:* Saturday, November 07, 2009 9:39 PM > > *To:* asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > > *Subject:* [asterisk-users] Text messaging > > > > > > > > IVR question: > > > > Users dial my DID numbers and get connected to macros and other vectors > > that guide them > > to the appropriate context. Once connected to a specific context I > > would like to send a text message > > to their phone. Do I need a PERL script or is there something native in > > Asterisk 1.6 that can trigger a text to the endpoint? > > > > Thank you > > > > [default] > > ;include => stdexten > > include => big10-IVR > > include => cleveland-IVR > > exten => _1703XXXXXXX,1,Goto(big10-IVR,s,1) > > exten => _1517XXXXXXX,1,Goto(cleveland-IVR,s,1) > > > > > > [big10-IVR] > > exten => s,1,Answer() > > exten => s,n,Background(dir-welcome) > > ;exten => s,n,WaitExten(1) > > ;exten => s,n,Background(astcc-please-enter-your) > > ;exten => s,n,Background(zip-code) > > ;exten => s,n,Wait(7) > > exten => s,n,Background(washington-dc) > > ;exten => s,n,Authenticate(2222,a) > > ;exten => s,n,Background(pin-number-accepted) > > exten => s,n,Playback(queue-thankyou) > > exten => s,n,Background(ginger110109) > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > -- > Alex Balashov - Principal > Evariste Systems > Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ > Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 > Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
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