Jaap Winius wrote: > Quoting Jerry Harshany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> There is an additional alternative for a ringback to a caller, which >> is to use the Call File capability as noted in Van Meggelen's >> "Future of Telephone"; 2nd ed, p306. >> > > As it says in the book, call files allow calls to be created through > the Linux shell. If you've used this to create a roaming callback > service, then you must have created something that allows users to > submit a phone number to be called back on, after which a .call file > is created and moved to the /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing/ directory. > > >> sleep 8s >> mv "$1" "$2" >> exit 0 >> > > This looks like the step that moves the newly created call file to the > aforementioned directory. > > >> In my case, when the caller calls in to 'asterisk', he is prompted >> for the number he wishes to call. The caller can be at a US or >> international number, and he can call any US or international >> number, WITH or WITHOUT ringback. In other words the caller >> designates whether this is a direct connect call, or a ringback (and >> then bridge the called number). I have the complete flexibility of >> my dial plan extensions to do as I wish with the phone numbers. >> > > This is what I'm really interested in! How did you manage this? Would > you be willing to share how you did this? > >
I would imagine if it's a callback, it creates a callfile. If it's not, it just connects the call as it would normally. We have a similar thing for our business customers built using a reasonably simple agi script to do verification of the caller/account and creation of the call files. A rather simple Dial command can handle the direct connection after verification, and a rather simple call file can handle the callback. The hardest part was getting the DTMF reading to work well. ;) N. _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
