Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension
On 5/25/2017 11:11 AM, Tech Support wrote: I need to be able to tell whether or not the far end extension picked up might a waitForSilence come in useful here? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension
I definitely appreciate your insight on this and I split the context into two contexts, but I still have a problem. That is, after I send the extension digits using SendDTMF( ), I need to be able to tell whether or not the far end extension picked up and I don’t know how to do that. Because of that, the message sometimes gets played while the extension is still ringing. Thanks Much; John V. -Original Message- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Antony Stone Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 06:11 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension On Tuesday 23 May 2017 at 20:01:14, Tech Support wrote: > Ok, the purpose of the answering machine detection (AMD) is to > determine when the audio file should start playing *after* the call > has been picked up. Typically, if a call has been picked up by a > person, they say a short greeting, for example "Hello, this is John, > how can I help you?" or simply "Hello?" or something similar. If a > call has been picked up by an answering machine, usually the message > is somewhat longer, maybe > 10 seconds or so, maybe longer. Ideally, the AMD tries to make sure > that the audio file starts right after the greeting is over. It's not > exact, but my experience is that it works fairly well. The problem > that I am having is that when I also have to dial an extension, the > call has already picked up and the AMD will start working immediately > after the SendDTMF() even if dialing the extension means that it may > ring anywhere from 5 - 20 seconds plus the greeting on the far end. > There doesn’t appear to be a way for the AMD to wait until extension > gets picked up, either by a human or a machine. So what happens is > that the AMD gets confused and the audio file starts playing while the > extension is still ringing. I hope this helps. Okay, so my suggestion still stands: Create two contexts: - one which does AMD and gets called when there is no follow-on extension to dial - another which dials a follow-on extension and doesn't do AMD (or at least, not at the start) Then you choose which context to place the call through depending on whether a follow-on extension has been supplied for that customer's number or not - if there's no follow-on extenstion, use the first context; if there is, use the second one. Antony. -- BASIC is to computer languages what Roman numerals are to arithmetic. Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension
On Tuesday 23 May 2017 at 20:01:14, Tech Support wrote: > Ok, the purpose of the answering machine detection (AMD) is to > determine when the audio file should start playing *after* the call has > been picked up. Typically, if a call has been picked up by a person, they > say a short greeting, for example "Hello, this is John, how can I help > you?" or simply "Hello?" or something similar. If a call has been picked > up by an answering machine, usually the message is somewhat longer, maybe > 10 seconds or so, maybe longer. Ideally, the AMD tries to make sure that > the audio file starts right after the greeting is over. It's not exact, > but my experience is that it works fairly well. The problem that I am > having is that when I also have to dial an extension, the call has already > picked up and the AMD will start working immediately after the SendDTMF() > even if dialing the extension means that it may ring anywhere from 5 - 20 > seconds plus the greeting on the far end. There doesn’t appear to be a way > for the AMD to wait until extension gets picked up, either by a human or a > machine. So what happens is that the AMD gets confused and the audio file > starts playing while the extension is still ringing. I hope this helps. Okay, so my suggestion still stands: Create two contexts: - one which does AMD and gets called when there is no follow-on extension to dial - another which dials a follow-on extension and doesn't do AMD (or at least, not at the start) Then you choose which context to place the call through depending on whether a follow-on extension has been supplied for that customer's number or not - if there's no follow-on extenstion, use the first context; if there is, use the second one. Antony. -- BASIC is to computer languages what Roman numerals are to arithmetic. Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension
Ok, the purpose of the answering machine detection (AMD) is to determine when the audio file should start playing *after* the call has been picked up. Typically, if a call has been picked up by a person, they say a short greeting, for example "Hello, this is John, how can I help you?" or simply "Hello?" or something similar. If a call has been picked up by an answering machine, usually the message is somewhat longer, maybe 10 seconds or so, maybe longer. Ideally, the AMD tries to make sure that the audio file starts right after the greeting is over. It's not exact, but my experience is that it works fairly well. The problem that I am having is that when I also have to dial an extension, the call has already picked up and the AMD will start working immediately after the SendDTMF() even if dialing the extension means that it may ring anywhere from 5 - 20 seconds plus the greeting on the far end. There doesn’t appear to be a way for the AMD to wait until extension gets picked up, either by a human or a machine. So what happens is that the AMD gets confused and the audio file starts playing while the extension is still ringing. I hope this helps. Thanks; John V. -Original Message- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Antony Stone Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 01:39 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension On Tuesday 23 May 2017 at 19:20:25, Tech Support wrote: Isn't it safe to assume that if you've been given an extension number to dial after the initial call is answered, then it wasn't answered by an answering machine? The extension might be answered by an answering machine, I suppose, but that's not the problem you're talking about (I think). I would create two contexts: 1. Does AMD and gets called when there is no follow-on extension to dial 2. Dials a follow-on extension and doesn't do AMD (or at least, not at the start) Then you choose which context to place the call through depending on whether a follow-on extension has been supplied for that customer's number or not. > Simply placing the AMD command after the SendDTMF() wasn’t the answer Why wasn't it the answer? What happens or doesn't happen when you try this? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension
On Tuesday 23 May 2017 at 19:20:25, Tech Support wrote: > All; > > What I did was add a line in the dialplan that used the SendDTMF() > application and that worked great. The problem that I’ve run into now is > that dialing the extension screwed up the answering machine detection. The > sample context looks something like this. > > [play-audiomsg] > exten => s,1,AMD > exten => s,n,ExecIf($["${EXT}" != ""]?SendDTMF(${EXTEN})) > exten => s,n,Background(${AUDIOMSG}) > exten => s,n,Hangup > > As you can see, it's very simple. Modifying the amd.conf configuration > wasn’t the answer since I don’t know how long it will take for the > extension to pick up. Isn't it safe to assume that if you've been given an extension number to dial after the initial call is answered, then it wasn't answered by an answering machine? The extension might be answered by an answering machine, I suppose, but that's not the problem you're talking about (I think). I would create two contexts: 1. Does AMD and gets called when there is no follow-on extension to dial 2. Dials a follow-on extension and doesn't do AMD (or at least, not at the start) Then you choose which context to place the call through depending on whether a follow-on extension has been supplied for that customer's number or not. > Simply placing the AMD command after the SendDTMF() wasn’t the answer Why wasn't it the answer? What happens or doesn't happen when you try this? Antony -- "A person lives in the UK, but commutes to France daily for work. He belongs in the UK." - From UK Revenue & Customs notice 741, page 13, paragraph 3.5.1 - http://tinyurl.com/o7gnm4 Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension
All; What I did was add a line in the dialplan that used the SendDTMF() application and that worked great. The problem that I’ve run into now is that dialing the extension screwed up the answering machine detection. The sample context looks something like this. [play-audiomsg] exten => s,1,AMD exten => s,n,ExecIf($["${EXT}" != ""]?SendDTMF(${EXTEN})) exten => s,n,Background(${AUDIOMSG}) exten => s,n,Hangup As you can see, it's very simple. Modifying the amd.conf configuration wasn’t the answer since I don’t know how long it will take for the extension to pick up. Simply placing the AMD command after the SendDTMF() wasn’t the answer I don’t know how to approach this problem. Thanks; John V. From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tech Support Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 03:56 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension Hey; What happens is that a script logs into the AMI and originates a call. When the call is answered, it jumps to a context in the dial plan. Thanks Much; John V. From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Victor Villarreal Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 12:08 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension Hi John, I think we need to known how you play the audio to the customers, before we can help you. Are you using AMI? Or AGI maybe? Or Call files? What Asterisk version do you have? El 15 may. 2017 12:35, "Tech Support" <aster...@voipbusiness.us> escribió: All; I have an application that dials a list of numbers and then plays a recorded message. My customer uses it to dial a list of customers to confirm their appointment for the next day. No biggie, maybe 25 – 30 calls per day for customers who want the confirmation call. What they need now is a way to dial an extension after the number is dialed and answered. I’ve seen that before, but I just can't remember where. I was wondering if anyone else has implemented something along these lines. Any insight at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Much; John V. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension
Hey; What happens is that a script logs into the AMI and originates a call. When the call is answered, it jumps to a context in the dial plan. Thanks Much; John V. From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Victor Villarreal Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 12:08 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension Hi John, I think we need to known how you play the audio to the customers, before we can help you. Are you using AMI? Or AGI maybe? Or Call files? What Asterisk version do you have? El 15 may. 2017 12:35, "Tech Support" <aster...@voipbusiness.us> escribió: All; I have an application that dials a list of numbers and then plays a recorded message. My customer uses it to dial a list of customers to confirm their appointment for the next day. No biggie, maybe 25 – 30 calls per day for customers who want the confirmation call. What they need now is a way to dial an extension after the number is dialed and answered. I’ve seen that before, but I just can't remember where. I was wondering if anyone else has implemented something along these lines. Any insight at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Much; John V. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension
Hi John, I think we need to known how you play the audio to the customers, before we can help you. Are you using AMI? Or AGI maybe? Or Call files? What Asterisk version do you have? El 15 may. 2017 12:35, "Tech Support"escribió: > All; > > I have an application that dials a list of numbers and then plays a > recorded message. My customer uses it to dial a list of customers to > confirm their appointment for the next day. No biggie, maybe 25 – 30 calls > per day for customers who want the confirmation call. What they need now is > a way to dial an extension after the number is dialed and answered. I’ve > seen that before, but I just can't remember where. I was wondering if > anyone else has implemented something along these lines. Any insight at all > would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks Much; > > John V. > > -- > _ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk. > org/ > > New to Asterisk? Start here: > https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension
In article <004201d2cd90$cad754e0$6085fea0$@us>, Tech Supportwrote: > > I have an application that dials a list of numbers and then plays a > recorded message. My customer uses it to dial a list of customers to confirm > their appointment for the next day. No biggie, maybe 25 - 30 calls per day > for customers who want the confirmation call. What they need now is a way to > dial an extension after the number is dialed and answered. I've seen that > before, but I just can't remember where. I was wondering if anyone else has > implemented something along these lines. Any insight at all would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks Much; > > John V. That depends on how you are playing the message. If you are doing an Originate, either via the AMI or via a call file, then you dial the outbound call using the Channel parameter, and when the call is answered, it gets attached to the dialplan segment given by your Context, Extension and Priority parameters. The dialplan segment at its simplest could be something like this: [myplaycontext] exten => s,1,Playback(${MESSAGE}) exten => s,n,Hangup You would give: Context: myplaycontext Extension: s Priority: 1 You would need to supply the message filename in the variable MESSAGE in the AMI command or call file (maybe you need _MESSAGE or __MESSAGE when setting). But you can make it more complex, and could do something like: [myplaycontext] ... exten => _X!,1,Wait(3) exten => _X!,n,SendDTMF(${EXTEN}) exten => _X!,n,Wait(5) ; how long??? exten => _X!,n,Playback(${MESSAGE}) exten => _X!,n,Hangup So if your recipient has an extension number configured, instead of giving s as the Extension, you give the extension number. Alternatively, you could supply the DTMF to be dialled in a channel variable. The problem you will have is that, while for direct lines, you know when to start playing the message, as you can tell when the line has been answered, when dialling an extension number on the answering PBX, you have no way of telling when that extension has been answered and it is safe to play the message. That is why I added the comment "how long???", as it is just a guess. Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: t...@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: t...@mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Automatically dial a number, then an extension
Le 15/05/2017 à 17:34, Tech Support a écrit : All; I have an application that dials a list of numbers and then plays a recorded message. My customer uses it to dial a list of customers to confirm their appointment for the next day. No biggie, maybe 25 – 30 calls per day for customers who want the confirmation call. What they need now is a way to dial an extension after the number is dialed and answered. I’ve seen that before, but I just can't remember where. I was wondering if anyone else has implemented something along these lines. Any insight at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Much; Hi, look at option G in dial command -- Daniel -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users