That would be a qualified yes. The problem you will face is this; Say you want to do 1000 calls and you have 25 lines you can use. If you dump all 1000 calls into /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing at once, asterisk will try to process all 1000 at once, which will lead to some problems. The way to accommodate this is to "plan" your calls in such a way as they can process in groups. Let's say that you expect each automated call to take 3 minutes. You could set up a job to release 25 files every 3 minutes to /v/s/a/o and would mostly be running well. Of course some calls will last longer and some shorter, but pbx_spool will take care of that easily as long as the load isn't too great. You could even do 30-35 calls to account for hangups, etc.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sanjoy Rath Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:23 AM To: Asterisk-Users Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk Autodialer Hi Danny, Thanks so much for your response. I have used call files to autodial too. Can this be used for large volume calls? Thanks, Sanjoy. _____ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:07:04 -0500 Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk Autodialer Here is my .02; There are basically (but not only) two ways to "auto-dial" from asterisk. You can use Asterisk Manager or create a set of call files to use the pbx_spool function. I'm more familiar with the latter. If you "dump" a set of call files, Asterisk will try to do them all at once and respool them until it can satisfy the request. You can "help" by touching the files with a future date so * will try to process them more smoothly. There is a reasonably nice PERL module called Asterisk::Outgoing, but you'll have to tweak it to use the time functionality. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sanjoy Rath Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:48 AM To: Asterisk-Users Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk Autodialer Alex, You are right. My questions are probably wide open. I probably would have more specific. Any help I get would be great; if not I will figure it out myself :). Steve, Geraint - It was kind of you both to respond back. Thanks guys for your response. :) I am dCAP trained but just like anything else you do not get everything/anything you want from there. Anyways I checked VOIP-info.org the information there was pretty basic. I was trying to get some more insight to this autodialer stuff. If there is something I can take leverage of that will be great (because I do not want reinvent the wheel) or else (as sadi before) I will figure out. Thanks, Sanjoy. > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:24:36 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk Autodialer > > If you don't see why you are getting replies of this colour, you must > have an ingrained inability to understand what does and does not > constitute a question of a manageable scope. It must be sufficiently > narrow and specific in order to be realistically addressable in this > forum. > > You can't just say, "Teach me everything there is to know about > automatic dialers." Nobody's going to do that. > > Sanjoy Rath wrote: > > > Thanks Steve for helpful reply. > > > > Cheers, > > SR. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:26:37 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk Autodialer > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Sanjoy Rath <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am developing an asterisk autodialer. I am looking for the > > following information: > > > > 1. Detailed Configuration Documentation for Asterisk Autodialer > > 2. Volume Testing Strategy > > 3. Lessons Learnt from past Asterisk Autodialer configuration > > 4. What are the different asterisk autodialer functionality that > > have been implemented > > > > Your response will be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Sanjoy. > > > > > > How are you developing anything when you are asking for not just tips > > but EVERYTHING! > > > > Hire a consultant or go to that nerdvittles article. > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Steve Totaro > > +18887771888 (Toll Free) > > +12409381212 (Cell) > > +12024369784 (Skype) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > More storage. Better anti-spam and antivirus protection. Hotmail makes > > it simple. <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9671352> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > > > 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 -- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _____ Attention all humans. We are your photos. Free us. <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666046> _____ Attention all humans. We are your photos. Free us. <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666046>
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