Recording Busy Tones/Operator Messages with AGI script

Asterisk Asterisk Support
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Hi All,

If i dial out using something like the following i can record the while call including ringtone, busy tone, operator messages etc:

exten => _9.,1,MixMonitor(/home/recordings/${EXTEN}.wav) exten => _9.,2,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN:1}@provider,90,Tt) exten => _9.,3,hangup

I have an application that uses the Asterisk Manager and AGI scripts and am looking to do the same. The problem is using the manager and AGI scripts i do not hit the extensions.conf. If i put the following at the start of my AGI script it will only record after the call is answered:

Using call files work fine but unfortunately this is not an option for me. Can this be done using AGI scripts and the Asterisk Manager? Any help would be appreciated.

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I’m surprised even the first one works, as the call progress tones, on a normal, unanswered, SIP call are generated in the calling phone, and are not present in Asterisk. I can’t think why there would be an implicit answer from the dialplan, but not from AGI.

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Thanks for the reply. Is it possible to put and implicit answer in the AGI script? I have tried $AGI->answer(); at the start of my agi script but it does not work.