On 1/30/2011 2:00 AM, Tilghman Lesher wrote: > On Saturday 29 January 2011 05:07:49 DHAVAL INDRODIYA wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Tilghman Lesher > <[email protected]>wrote: >>> On Friday 28 January 2011 18:27:15 Bruce B wrote: >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> I don't see any parameter for limiting duration of a call in the >>>> .call file for Asterisk spool outgoing directory. >>>> >>>> I'd rather not use a MeetMe to drop the call in a conference room >>>> and to then limit the call duration as that complicates things >>>> unnecessarily. >>>> >>>> I am wondering if there is anything else I can do or if the >>>> "Channel" parameter take call duration like the "DIAL" parameter? >>> >>> No, but you can specify a Local channel as the channel in the call >>> file and then set a TIMEOUT(absolute) for the call, before you Dial() >>> the actual channel you want to use. Keep in mind that the actual >>> channel could be specified by a Set variable in the callfile. >> >> what about this >> >> *WaitTime: <number>* Seconds to wait for an answer. Default is 45 >> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+auto-dial+out > > That only limits the amount of time the callfile allows for the channel to > be answered, not the duration of the overall call. >
A way to be able to specify a limit on the call itself would be to make a callfile that "calls" a Local channel, which then performs the Dial with the L option -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
