[Aaug] Calling out

[Dustin Wildes]

You either need to turn on AMD (answer machine detection) or progress 
indicator for the Zaptel interface.
Both of those options detect 'answer' for a call.


Christopher Fowler wrote:
> That is an excellent idea.  It should work.  I'm seeing some behavior.
>
> Here is path of call
>
> Asterisk on server #1 calls x303 via IAX2 on the main PBX.  The main PBX
> then dials my cell phone on Zap/1.
>
> What I'm seeing is that server 1 seems to execute the goto before I
> actually answer the cell.  It is as if main PBX said yes I answered
> while it was dialing on Zap/1.  The effect is that the IVR application
> has started asking for a user id and I've not even answered my phone.
>
>
> On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 18:46 -0500, Dustin Wildes wrote:
>   
>> Easy way is to generate a .call file and put it in
>> the /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing directory.
>> http://svn.digium.com/view/asterisk/trunk/sample.call?rev=13815
>>
>>
>>
>> Christopher Fowler wrote: 
>>     
>>> On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 16:54 -0500, John Mullinix wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> If you are wanting to call from a linux script, you might want to look at
>>>> the command:
>>>>
>>>> Asterisk -rx <CLI command>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> That may actually work.
>>>
>>> I could use the command 'console dial <phone number>' then
>>> transfer the caller to a new context where the extension number could be
>>> the trouble ticket I want to tell them about.  I use AGI to get the
>>> exten number and then I'll know exactly what to do.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>