asterisk users - Oct 2004 - call progress - what are the sticking points?

Hello,

I've been experimenting with the call progress analysis features of *, with
mixed success on Zap as well as IAX channels.  I've read all the posts about
it, including (but not limited to)
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+auto-dial+out and the pages it
references.

My question is, what's the current state -- is there any work in progress
right now to improve the reliability of * call progress detection?  last I saw
it was still listed as 'experimental'.

What are the "problems" that are preventing a more robust
implementation of call progress detection?   Would this work better with
different hardware (ie. I've had success in the past using Dialogic
telephony boards)?  Or is this primarily a software issue with *?

Thanks much!
Regards,
Steve

I have the same problem.
callprogress is very experimental and buggy now.
and i've lost the .call files feature of asterisk.
what do you think about submitting a bug on bugs.digium.com?

regards,
shabanip
> Hello,
>
> I've been experimenting with the call progress analysis features of *,
> with mixed success on Zap as well as IAX channels.  I've read all the
> posts about it, including (but not limited to)
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+auto-dial+out and the pages it
> references.
>
> My question is, what's the current state -- is there any work in
progress
> right now to improve the reliability of * call progress detection?  last I
> saw it was still listed as 'experimental'.
>
> What are the "problems" that are preventing a more robust
implementation
> of call progress detection?   Would this work better with different
> hardware (ie. I've had success in the past using Dialogic telephony
> boards)?  Or is this primarily a software issue with *?
>
> Thanks much!
> Regards,
> Steve
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i don't have a specific bug in mind, i was just wondering WHY call progress
doesn't work so well -- in particular, on analog lines.  ie. is it a
hardware or software problem (or both).  with more info, i'd like to help to
work out the kinks, for myself and everyone.  :)

>I have the same problem.
>callprogress is very experimental and buggy now.
>and i've lost the .call files feature of asterisk.
>what do you think about submitting a bug on bugs.digium.com?
>  
not sure what you mean by 'lost the .call files feature', but if you
have a specific bug to post, i think it would be great if you posted it.
>  regards,
>  shabanip
>
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > I've been experimenting with the call progress analysis features
of *,
>  > with mixed success on Zap as well as IAX channels.  I've read all
the
>  > posts about it, including (but not limited to)
>  > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+auto-dial+out and the pages it
>  > references.
>  >
>  > My question is, what's the current state -- is there any work in
progress
>  > right now to improve the reliability of * call progress detection? 
last I
>  > saw it was still listed as 'experimental'.
>  >
>  > What are the "problems" that are preventing a more robust
implementation
>  > of call progress detection?   Would this work better with different
>  > hardware (ie. I've had success in the past using Dialogic
telephony
>  > boards)?  Or is this primarily a software issue with *?
>  >
>  > Thanks much!
>  > Regards,
>  > Steve