asterisk users - Jan 2005 - Wait(n) -v- Background(silence/n) ?

Will Wait(n) still listen for DTMF input from the caller after there has
been a Background(some-message) prompt, or do I need to use
Background(silence/n) to still listen for DTMF?

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In my AGI script I made the next trick:

    $digit = $AGI->get_data("vm-enter-num-to-call-then-pound",
15000, 1);

    while ( $digit eq 0 or $digit )
    {
        $phoneNum .= $digit;
        $digit = $AGI->get_data("empty", 7000, 1);
    }

where file empty.gsm have 0 byte length.

It works like a charm for me.


All the Best!
Sergey.


Howard Lowndes wrote:
>Will Wait(n) still listen for DTMF input from the caller after there has
>been a Background(some-message) prompt, or do I need to use
>Background(silence/n) to still listen for DTMF?
>
>  
>

Howard Lowndes wrote:
>Will Wait(n) still listen for DTMF input from the caller after there has
>been a Background(some-message) prompt, or do I need to use
>Background(silence/n) to still listen for DTMF?
>
>  
>
WaitExten(n) will

Howard Lowndes wrote:
> Will Wait(n) still listen for DTMF input from the caller after there has
> been a Background(some-message) prompt, or do I need to use
> Background(silence/n) to still listen for DTMF?
> 
The WaitExten and Read applications won't work for you?

On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 10:44 +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> Will Wait(n) still listen for DTMF input from the caller after there has
> been a Background(some-message) prompt, or do I need to use
> Background(silence/n) to still listen for DTMF?
You don't need anything but a proper gap. You need to program the
extensions like you do with a event loop. 

exten => s,1,Wait,0
exten => s,2,Answer
exten => s,3,DigitTimeout,5
exten => s,4,ResponseTimeout,10
exten => s,5,BackGround,demo-congrats

; This is a blank area that just waits to get DTMF for up to 10 
; seconds due to the ResponseTimeout

exten => t,1,Goto(somewhere-due-to-timeout)


-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>