asterisk users - Aug 2003 - Limit Number of user in Conference

Hello, 

Is it possible to limit the number of user in a particular conference room? 

Foong
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Citeren Chee Foong <cheefoong@inovas.com>:
> Hello, 
> 
> Is it possible to limit the number of user in a particular conference room?
> 
> Foong
Hi,

I think the easiest way is to create a counter that adds one when a user joins 
and subtracts when a user leaves or hangs up. A few simple AGI scripts could 
do it. Just make sure you lock the counter when updating so as to avoid 
miscounting when two channels join at the same time..

-- 
Best regards,
Florian Overkamp

On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 02:55, Florian Overkamp wrote:
> Citeren Chee Foong <cheefoong@inovas.com>:
> 
> > Hello, 
> > 
> > Is it possible to limit the number of user in a particular conference
room?
> > 
> > Foong
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think the easiest way is to create a counter that adds one when a user
joins
> and subtracts when a user leaves or hangs up. A few simple AGI scripts
could
> do it. Just make sure you lock the counter when updating so as to avoid 
> miscounting when two channels join at the same time..
Problem with that is making sure that calls exit the conference and
passes through your exit AGI. 

This is why I submitted a patch some time ago to modify MeetMeCount to
set a variable to the number of users in the conference.
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>

Yes, I see that in the source code. But how do I know how many users are in
the conference room in real time.
I mean how can I retrieve the number of user from meetme? Do I need to edit
the source?

Foong

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Critchfield" <critch@basesys.com>
To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Limit Number of user in Conference

> On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 02:55, Florian Overkamp wrote:
> > Citeren Chee Foong <cheefoong@inovas.com>:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to limit the number of user in a particular
conference
room?
> > >
> > > Foong
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think the easiest way is to create a counter that adds one when a
user
joins
> > and subtracts when a user leaves or hangs up. A few simple AGI scripts
could
> > do it. Just make sure you lock the counter when updating so as to
avoid
> > miscounting when two channels join at the same time..
>
> Problem with that is making sure that calls exit the conference and
> passes through your exit AGI.
>
> This is why I submitted a patch some time ago to modify MeetMeCount to
> set a variable to the number of users in the conference.
> --
> Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>
>
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On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 00:26, Chee Foong wrote:
> Yes, I see that in the source code. But how do I know how many users are in
> the conference room in real time.
> I mean how can I retrieve the number of user from meetme? Do I need to edit
> the source?
As of this afternoon, Mark had accepted the changes for the MeetMeCount
app and made them part of CVS. So if you grab the most recent CVS
checkout you can get this new feature. What you will then do is
something like...

exten => 1234,1,MeetMeCount(1234|count)
exten => 1234,2,Gotoif,$[${count} < ${CONFMAX}]?1234|3:1234|103
exten => 1234,3,MeetMe(1234)
exten => 1234,4,Goto(s|1)

exten => 1234,103,Background(TooManyUsers)
exten => 1234,104,Goto(s|1)


Hope this helps.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Critchfield" <critch@basesys.com>
> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 8:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Limit Number of user in Conference
> 
> 
> > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 02:55, Florian Overkamp wrote:
> > > Citeren Chee Foong <cheefoong@inovas.com>:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to limit the number of user in a particular
conference
> room?
> > > >
> > > > Foong
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I think the easiest way is to create a counter that adds one when
a user
> joins
> > > and subtracts when a user leaves or hangs up. A few simple AGI
scripts
> could
> > > do it. Just make sure you lock the counter when updating so as to
avoid
> > > miscounting when two channels join at the same time..
> >
> > Problem with that is making sure that calls exit the conference and
> > passes through your exit AGI.
> >
> > This is why I submitted a patch some time ago to modify MeetMeCount to
> > set a variable to the number of users in the conference.
> > --
> > Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Asterisk-Users mailing list
> > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com
> > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
> >
> 
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-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>

Cheers mate!

After getting the latest CVS, I manage to get it work in my AGI script.
Excellent patch, thanks a lot.

Foong

At 00:35 21-8-2003 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 00:26, Chee Foong wrote:
> > Yes, I see that in the source code. But how do I know how many users
are in
> > the conference room in real time.
> > I mean how can I retrieve the number of user from meetme? Do I need to
edit
> > the source?
>
>As of this afternoon, Mark had accepted the changes for the MeetMeCount
>app and made them part of CVS. So if you grab the most recent CVS
>checkout you can get this new feature. What you will then do is
>something like...
>
>exten => 1234,1,MeetMeCount(1234|count)
>exten => 1234,2,Gotoif,$[${count} < ${CONFMAX}]?1234|3:1234|103
>exten => 1234,3,MeetMe(1234)
>exten => 1234,4,Goto(s|1)
>
>exten => 1234,103,Background(TooManyUsers)
>exten => 1234,104,Goto(s|1)
Excellent work, this makes it a lot more elegant than my AGI hackings!

Florian