I am wondering how the g729 licenses are done during calls. If I have N licenses for g729, and N are in use and an additional call comes in that requests N+1 to be in use, how does asterisk handle that call? Does it dump it? Does it negotiate another codec automagically? Basically what happens to that call, obviously it wont (shouldnt) let you use more licenses than you have available, but I was wondering what the process was to negotiate a different codec, especially since there are different channel drivers that could potentially use that codec, whatever the method it would have to be generic ... -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378 http://www.sacaug.org/ Sacramento Asterisk Users Group -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060203/aac8f93a/attachment.pgp
trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:>I am wondering how the g729 licenses are done during calls. If I have N >licenses for g729, and N are in use and an additional call comes in that >requests N+1 to be in use, how does asterisk handle that call? > >Does it dump it? Does it negotiate another codec automagically? > >Basically what happens to that call, obviously it wont (shouldnt) let >you use more licenses than you have available, but I was wondering what >the process was to negotiate a different codec, especially since there >are different channel drivers that could potentially use that codec, >whatever the method it would have to be generic ... > > >I can tell you Asterisk is not smart about handling the codec negotiation once you exhaust your licenses. The call will connect but you will see lots of error messages on the console and there will be no audio present. It certainly would be very nice if Asterisk automagically removed G729 from the offered codes once you reach the limit. But I don't think Digium is in a hurry to implement such a feature since it forces people to buy more licenses than they really need to avoid dead calls. -- Andres Technical Support http://www.telesip.net
Please let me know when you are going to do it. My clients typical requirement is a few hundred license. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of trixter aka Bret McDanel Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 4:47 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] g729 license question On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 10:32 +0100, Wilson Pickett wrote:> I don't think they're in ahurry either, but I doubt that whatever > their commission on the $10/channel fee is has a big impact on their > annual sales :)Their commission is about $9/channel according to pricing available at the registrar. I am looking at offering $5/channel licenses and other features, which includes site licenses (ie 1 channel for your site rather than locked to your mac addr) and some slack, becuase of one method I am looking at doing stuff it would be pooled, which would result in potentially less than $5/channel but also if you get 100 lcienses you could use upto 110 or something on occasion (ie not always, if you always need more you have to buy more). I am trying to offer some interesting stuff :) -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378 http://www.sacaug.org/ Sacramento Asterisk Users Group