Call files question

Asterisk Asterisk Support
1

Hi all!

I’m trying to using “call” files in order to make automatic calls in asterisk. My idea is to have control on the number dialed. For example: if i call the number 100 (I move myfile.call in /spool/outgoing directory) i want that if the user 100 is busy i get a message “sorry, user is busy”, if the phone is not available i get a message “sorry, user not available”.

In few words…i need to treat the dialed number as a variable and manipulate the associated status.
How can i obtain that? No exaustive asterisk guide or documents on “call files”…

myfile.call
Channel: SIP/100
Extension: IVR
Priority: 1

extensions.conf

[IVR]
exten => s,1,???

Thx in advance!

Mario

2

If you want detailed status on the first party, you will need to use a local channel to setup the outbound call.

3

hope this will help you

asterisk call file sample

[quote]Channel: SIP/2000
MaxRetries: 2
RetryTime: 5
WaitTime: 30
Context: outgoing
Extension: 9999999999[/quote]

  1. now give necessary permission to the /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing dirctory
    ie: chmod 777 /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing

  2. mv filename.call /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing

  3. the call will be immediatly connected

FYI description of the call file
Channel:
The channel upon which to initiate the call. Uses the same syntax as the Dial()
Callerid:
The caller ID to be used for the call.
WaitTime:
Number of seconds the system waits for the call to be answered. If not specified, defaults to 45 seconds.
MaxRetries:
Maximum number of dial retries (if an attempt fails because the device is busy or not reachable). If not specified, defaults to 0 (only one attempt is made).
RetryTime:
Number of seconds to wait until the next dial attempt. If not specified, defaults to 300 seconds.
Account:
The account code for the CDR.
Context:
The destination context.
Extension:
The destination extension, in which dialplan execution begins if the device is answered.
Priority:
The destination priority. If not specified, defaults to 1.
Setvar: <var=value>
Setvar: lets you set one or more channel variables.
Archive: <yes|no>

By default, call files are deleted immediately upon execution. If Archive: yes is set, they are copied into/var/spool/asterisk/outgoing_done/ instead. Asterisk adds a line to the call file which describes the result