Oh Edward You are my Hero... Simple but perfect. Option II is ideal but as you know this is Asterisk/*/everything..
Thanks to list Kill >> Can someone assist to unfold the secret on how to atleast to a count on >> particular branch, say, if 2 is chosen, then we start count from the >> time >> the choice is made to the time the caller hangup or choice another >> option >> >> i.e. >> exten => s,1,Answer() >> exten => s,n,Background(PLEASE ENTER YOU OPTION) >> >> exten => s,n,XXX ; //IS IT POSSIBLE TO START A STOPWATCH (COUNTER) HERE >> exten => s,n,WaitExten(10) >> exten => s,n,Goto(s,1) >> >> exten => 1,1,Answer() >> exten => 1,n,AGI(POPULATE PREVIOUS BRANCH DATA INTO THE DB) >> exten => 1,n,XXX ;(RE)START A COUNTER HERE >> exten => 1,n,PLAYBACK(OPTION1 SELECTED);(RE)START A COUNTER HERE >> exten => 1,n,Hangup >> >> exten => 2,1,Answer() >> exten => 2,n,AGI(POPULATE PREVIOUS BRANCH DATA INTO THE DB) >> exten => 2,n,XXX ;(RE)START A COUNTER HERE >> exten => 2,n,PLAYBACK(OPTION2 SELECTED);(RE)START A COUNTER HERE >> exten => 2,n,Hangup > > You could "start" your stopwatch with > > exten = s,n, set(STOPWATCH=${EPOCH}) > > instead of your extraneous answer()s and then in your "h" extension, stop > the stopwatch with: > > exten = h,n, set(STOPWATCH=$[${EPOCH} - > ${STOPWATCH}]) > > You could also use resetcdr(w) at the start of each option. This will > create a new CDR with the time spent on the previous option at each step > in your dialplan. By setting the option number in a CDR variable after > each CDR is written, the time spent in each option can be identified. > > Thanks in advance, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Steve Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST > Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users