asterisk users - Mar 2005 - Zap Detect called party pickup

<FONT face="Default Sans Serif, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size=2><DIV>I have been playing with getting the
sample.call file to work by dropping it into
/var/spool/asterisk/outgoing.&nbsp; The process works to the point of
calling the desired number and plays the message.&nbsp; The problem is that
the message starts playing almost immediately, so if the called person takes 2
or 3 rings to pick up the phone, half the message has already been
played.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Here's the
relevant portion of my extensions.conf
file:</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>[outmsg1]<BR>exten
=>
s,1,DigitTimeout,5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
; Set Digit Timeout to 5 seconds<BR>exten =>
s,2,ResponseTimeout,10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
; Set Response Timeout to 10 seconds<BR>exten =>
s,3,Wait(4)<BR>exten => s,4,Answer<BR>exten =>
s,5,Background(demo-congrats)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
; "play outbound msg"<BR>exten =>
s,6,Background(demo-instruct)&nbsp;&nbsp; ; "Press 1 to replay or 2
to acknowledge receiving this message"<BR>exten =>
1,1,Goto(s,5)&nbsp;&nbsp; ; replay message<BR>exten =>
2,1,Goto(msgack,s,1) ; acknowledge message<BR>exten =>
t,1,Playback(vm-goodbye)<BR>exten =>
t,2,Hangup</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>[msgack]<BR>exten
=> s,1,Playback(auth-thankyou)<BR>exten =>
s,2,Playback(vm-goodbye)<BR>exten =>
s,3,Hangup<BR><BR></DIV><DIV>Thanks!</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Pat<br><br>====================================================<br>Patrick&nbsp;Healy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;District&nbsp;Court,&nbsp;NYWD<br>patrick_healy@nywd.uscourts.gov&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;304&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;Courthouse<br>Voice:&nbsp;716-332-1770&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;68&nbsp;Court&nbsp;Street<br>FAX:&nbsp;716-551-4850&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Buffalo,&nbsp;NY&nbsp;14202<BR></DIV></FONT>

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 patrick_healy@nywd.uscourts.gov wrote:
> I have been playing with getting the sample.call file to work by dropping
it into
> /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing.? The process works to the point of calling
the desired
> number and plays the message.? The problem is that the message starts
playing almost
> immediately, so if the called person takes 2 or 3 rings to pick up the
phone, half the
> message has already been played.
You need answer supervision on your line. It is available on isdn lines
and some analogue lines. 

Peter

>Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:39:26 +0100 (CET)
>From: Peter Svensson <psvasterisk@psv.nu>
>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Zap Detect called party pickup
>
>On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 patrick_healy@nywd.uscourts.gov wrote:
>
>> I have been playing with getting the sample.call file to work by
>dropping it into
>> /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing.  The process works to the point of
calling >the desired
>> number and plays the message.  The problem is that the message starts
>playing almost
>> immediately, so if the called person takes 2 or 3 rings to pick up the
phone, half the
>> message has already been played.
>
>You need answer supervision on your line. It is available on isdn lines
>and some analogue lines.
We have a module that will do this detection.