asterisk users - Jun 2007 - System Application, Fail/Timeout Issue

Does the System() dialplan application have a limit on how long it can run? 
Either a time limit, or server load limit?

I'm trying to pipe the output of Sphinx2 into Text2Wave, but Asterisk just
runs by it to the next extension priority, with no errors.

If I run the same command via the system shell, all is good, though it does take
a few seconds, probably about 5 seconds to run.  Yes, it's a slowish
machine.

Another example is, I have some text being piped out to Text2Wave, then played
back using Playback(), and this works fine.  If I increase the text input by
another sentence, the same problem as above occurs... Asterisk just skips by to
the next extension priority.

I'm using Asterisk v1.2.13 on FreeBSD v6.0.

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thedss@ntlworld.com wrote:
> Does the System() dialplan application have a limit on how long it can run?
Either a time limit, or server load limit?
> 
> I'm trying to pipe the output of Sphinx2 into Text2Wave, but Asterisk
just runs by it to the next extension priority, with no errors.
> 
> If I run the same command via the system shell, all is good, though it does
take a few seconds, probably about 5 seconds to run.  Yes, it's a slowish
machine.
> 
> Another example is, I have some text being piped out to Text2Wave, then
played back using Playback(), and this works fine.  If I increase the text input
by another sentence, the same problem as above occurs... Asterisk just skips by
to the next extension priority.
> 
> I'm using Asterisk v1.2.13 on FreeBSD v6.0.
> 
Hi,

Maybe check your timeouts?  AbsoluteTimeout and maybe also 
rtpholdtimeout and rtptimeout as well.



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Warm Regards,

Lee

Thank you.

Seems the rtptimeout did the trick.

Sphinx2 doesn't always manage to work out what i'm saying 
but when it does, everything works.

Thanks again.

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