[Freeswitch-users] originating a call from an outbound socket app

[Michael Collins]

Well, you can use the answer confirmation variables...
http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Channel_Variables#Answer_confirmation_variables

or you can contact consulting at freeswitch.org and see about getting the
answering machine detection module. (Not a free item, BTW.)

-MC

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Hector Geraldino <
Hector.Geraldino at ip-soft.net> wrote:

> Right, the call log is on:
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> http://pastebin.com/kAEZsFe6
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> I found the issue which is really silly (don’t know how I couldn’t figure
> it out before): the call has been picked up by the voicemail, that’s why the
> CHANNEL_ANSWER event is shown up.
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> What’s the most common pattern to deal with this situation, when you want
> to know if the call has been answered by a human being and not by a machine?
> I’m thinking about requesting a confirmation (DTMF) and timeout the
> operation after a few secs, but as this seems to be a very common task, I
> was wondering if there’s a better way of doing it.
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> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *Michael
> Collins
> *Sent:* Monday, June 13, 2011 1:53 PM
> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] originating a call from an outbound
> socket app
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> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Hector Geraldino <
> Hector.Geraldino at ip-soft.net> wrote:
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> Hi Michael,
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> I finally figure out how to connect both calls using the command
> ‘intercept’. From the inbound call (handled by the OB socket) I just do an
> execute intercept legB uuid, and both calls are bridged perfectly.  Thanks
> very much.
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> So the only thing that stills concerns me is why the event CHANNEL_ANSWER
> is always generated on the outbound call (legb), even if the user doesn’t
> pick up the call. Also I can’t find any differences on the CHANNEL_CALLSTATE
> or CALL_UPDATE events that allows me to determine when an outbound call
> generated from FS is actually answered or not.
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> Did you ever post the full call debug log with a siptrace? I don't recall
> seeing that...
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> BTW, I bought the FS 1.0.6 book on Amazon last week and I want to
> congratulate you and Anthony/Darren for the excellent work you’ve done, it
> has been really helpful.  My only complaint is that it doesn’t have an eBook
> format so I can read it on my Kindle. Besides that, great work.
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> Yes, that complaint has been levied on more than one occasion. We've been
> imploring Packt to rectify the situation. We'll keep you posted on the
> status.
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> -MC
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