Hi Matt, in your experience is there a 100% reliable way to know that the callee phone is ringing? In my situation I don't need to know if they pick up or not, I need to know (as reliably as possible) if the calee phone number is ringing.
Thanks, Tom --- mattf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ActionID does not return in all events related to an > Action sent, sometimes > it will just send you a success message and nothing > more. Just try > Originating a call from a meetme room over an > outside line. You will get > about 150 lines of output and only one message will > have the ActionID in it, > the success message. On the other hand the callerID > is placed on many more > of the events in the output. It is still the case > that if you do complex > Manager Actions, the ONLY solution for tracking a > call is to use a custom > CallerID. > > Action: Originate > Exten: 8600080 > Channel: local/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Context: default > Priority: 1 > Callerid: DF345678901234567890 > Actionid: AID45678901234567890 > > > MATT--- > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Seddon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:06 AM > To: Stephen Owen hosted; Asterisk Users Mailing List > - Non-Commercial > Discussion > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Manager API - > multi "Originate" calls > > > > << read in places that you use "originate" command > and wait for an event > back, does that mean you cannot place another > "originate" until the event > comes back ?>> > > > > Not in my experience. Originate will not send an > event to the caller until > either the intended caller (that is the extension > used in Originate) has > picked up their phone or a timeout occurs because > the intended caller does > not pick up their phone. You can send as many > originate requests as you > like but they will fail if more than one uses the > same extension at the same > time. > > > > The issue you will face is determining which event > generated by Asterisk > belongs to which origination request. For this > reason, the Manager API > allows you to specify an "ActionID" on any command. > An ActionID is any > string of characters that you use to uniquely > identify each command use > issue. Asterisk will include the ActionID with each > related event so you > know which events to respond to and which to ignore. > You will see many > events generated by Asterisk only some of which will > relate to your command. > The others will be events that Asterisk raises (for > example when a phone > registers) or events in response to commands issues > by other Manager API > users and at the command line. > > > > Take a look at Nicolas Gudino's Flash Operator Panel > ( www.asternic.org > <http://www.asternic.org/> ) as it used the manager > API extensively (albeit > through a proxy) and will typically make many > requests via the Manger API. > > > > <<Is it true that multiple API connections to > Asterisk Manager API will > crash it (thinking of alternative way to crack the > nut)>> > > > > Again, not in my experience. > > > > Lyquidity Solutions Limited > +44 (0) 208 241 0500 > > > _____ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Stephen Owen > hosted > Sent: March 02, 2005 12:28 PM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Manager API - > multi "Originate" calls > > > > Been researching connecting over TCP\IP to Asterisk > Manager API to initiate > several concurrent calls to dial out. Prefer not to > generate ASCII .call > files. > > > > Question : I read in places that you use "originate" > command and wait for an > event back, does that mean you cannot place another > "originate" until the > event comes back ? > > > > Is it true that multiple API connections to Asterisk > Manager API will crash > it (thinking of alternative way to crack the nut) > > > > All help would be welcome - thanks > > > > Stephen Owen > > > > sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > IM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
