asterisk users - Aug 2009 - Number of Phone Numbers per Outgoing CALL File

Is it possible to place multiple phone numbers in a single outbound
.call file?  If I try doing this, only the last phone number in the file
is called.  

However, if I use 1 file per phone number, then Asterisk attempts to
process all generated CALL files at once, incrementing the retry count
for each that cannot be called because the designated channel is busy.
For example if I have a list of 10 numbers and use 3 lines, the first
three numbers will be process and the next 7 will have their retry
increment bumped to 2.  A few minutes later, the next 3 numbers are
called and the remaining for are bumped to retry 3 and so on.

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Deric Page
ArcGIS, PhoneMaster, IVUE IVR and TapiToIvue Programmer
E&O
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Building 3, 3rd Floor, Section C
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There are at least two solutions to this dilemma:

#1. dial using a context instead of a number

Or 

#2  when creating the call files, use a future time (I use 60 seconds plus
the expected length of the call).  The PERL module Asterisk::Outgoing is
supposed to handle it, but I had to modify mine to make it work.  I can send
my changes to anyone who is interested.

 

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Is it possible to place multiple phone numbers in a single outbound .call
file?  If I try doing this, only the last phone number in the file is
called.  

However, if I use 1 file per phone number, then Asterisk attempts to process
all generated CALL files at once, incrementing the retry count for each that
cannot be called because the designated channel is busy.  For example if I
have a list of 10 numbers and use 3 lines, the first three numbers will be
process and the next 7 will have their retry increment bumped to 2.  A few
minutes later, the next 3 numbers are called and the remaining for are
bumped to retry 3 and so on.

-- 

Deric Page

ArcGIS, PhoneMaster, IVUE IVR and TapiToIvue Programmer

E&O

x2335

Building 3, 3rd Floor, Section C

*************

"Everything starts as someone's daydream." -- Larry Niven 

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