asterisk users - Nov 2004 - Manager API Call Origination & Variables

Hi all,

I am using the Asterisk Manager API to originate calls and it is working well, 
when a call is placed the local phone rings, once you pick it up you can here 
the call ringing the other end. Now, I am using Polycom IP 300 and I have 
them setup to auto-answer if I set the ALERT_INFO variable to "Ring
Answer".
This works fine from my dial plan but I can't figure out how to set 
ALERT_INFO from the Manager API. Basically I want calls that are originated 
from the Manager API to automatically take place on the speaker phone.

I have tried

Action: SetVar
Channel: sip/pete_desk
Variable: ALERT_INFO
Value: Ring Answer

but it gives me about no such channel but this is the same channel I use to 
place the call immediately after attempting to set the variable.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Pete

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Peter Osborne wrote:
> I am using the Asterisk Manager API to originate calls and it is working
well,
> when a call is placed the local phone rings, once you pick it up you can
here
> the call ringing the other end. Now, I am using Polycom IP 300 and I have 
> them setup to auto-answer if I set the ALERT_INFO variable to "Ring
Answer".
> This works fine from my dial plan but I can't figure out how to set 
> ALERT_INFO from the Manager API. Basically I want calls that are originated
> from the Manager API to automatically take place on the speaker phone.
> 
> I have tried
> 
> Action: SetVar
> Channel: sip/pete_desk
> Variable: ALERT_INFO
> Value: Ring Answer
The channel does not exist prior to the Originate action. However, you may 
be able to pass variables in the originate command itself:

Action: Originate
Channel: sip/12345
Exten: 1234
Context: default
Variable: _ALERT_INFO=Ring Answer|SomeOtherVar=SomeOtherValue

This may work.

Peter

I'm using this in production, and it works like a charm. (example from
PHP).  Phone numbers have been changed to protect the innocent. ;)

fputs($socket, "Action: Originate\r\n");
fputs($socket, "Channel: Zap/g1d/1234567890\r\n");
fputs($socket, "Exten: 5002\r\n");
fputs($socket, "Priority: 1\r\n");
fputs($socket, "Context: userexten\r\n");
fputs($socket, "Variable: dialnumber=7600000000|confnumber=3236\r\n");
fputs($socket, "CallerID: Dev Meeting <760-000-0000>\r\n\r\n");

Brian D'Arcy
Operations Engineer
Akiva Corporation
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Peter Osborne
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 2:09 PM
> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
> Cc: Peter Svensson
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Manager API Call Origination & Variables
> 
> Well I tried just about every combination that I can think of as well
as
> every
> combination mentioned and it still doesn't work. Not sure why, maybe
it's
> just not possible from the Manager API.
> 
> Pete
> 
> On Monday 15 November 2004 04:56, Peter Svensson wrote:
> > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Brian West wrote:
> > > Ok to cut confusion here
> > >
> > > Its:
> > > Variable: _ALERT_INFO
> > > Value: somevalue
> > >
> > > Its always var/val via manager.
> >
> > Not in the Originate action it isn't. This is what both the help
> >   show manager command originate
> > say and what reading the source indicates. From the help:
> >
> >         Variable: Channel variable to set (VAR1=value1|VAR2=value2)
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > > > The channel does not exist prior to the Originate action.
However,
> you
> > > > may be able to pass variables in the originate command
itself:
> > > >
> > > > Action: Originate
> > > > Channel: sip/12345
> > > > Exten: 1234
> > > > Context: default
> > > > Variable: _ALERT_INFO=Ring
Answer|SomeOtherVar=SomeOtherValue
> > > >
> > > > This may work.
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> >
> > Peter
> >
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Peter Osborne wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using the Asterisk Manager API to originate calls and it is working
well,
> when a call is placed the local phone rings, once you pick it up you can
here
> the call ringing the other end. Now, I am using Polycom IP 300 and I have 
> them setup to auto-answer if I set the ALERT_INFO variable to "Ring
Answer".
> This works fine from my dial plan but I can't figure out how to set 
> ALERT_INFO from the Manager API. Basically I want calls that are originated
> from the Manager API to automatically take place on the speaker phone.
> 
> I have tried
> 
> Action: SetVar
> Channel: sip/pete_desk
> Variable: ALERT_INFO
> Value: Ring Answer
> 
> but it gives me about no such channel but this is the same channel I use to
> place the call immediately after attempting to set the variable.
> 
> Any ideas?
I have 2 extension entries for all my auto-answer phones.
If you dial just the normal extension (like 1234) it does the
normal answer thing.
If you dial an * before the extension (like *1234) it does
the auto answer thing.
So you could just use:
Channel: sip/*1234 or
Channel: sip/*pete_dest

-- 
Bob Knight
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bk@minusw.com
925-449-9163