[Freeswitch-users] Fs event socket inbound or outbound?

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Michael, great detailed response.

If I need to monitor FS heartbeat, it seems I could only do it with inbound
mode since no call is  associated yet.
On Nov 8, 2011 11:02 AM, "Michael Collins" <msc at freeswitch.org> wrote:

> The modes are both "event socket" and therefore quite scalable. The
> primary difference is in how the connection gets started.
>
> With outbound event socket, there is always a call involved. A call comes
> in to FreeSWITCH and somewhere in the dialplan there is a call to the
> socket application. At that point FreeSWITCH makes an "outbound" connection
> to your application which is listening for connections on the IP:Port in
> question.
>
> With inbound event socket, FreeSWITCH is the one sitting there waiting for
> your application to connect, i.e. an "inbound" socket connection from your
> program. Once your program is connected it can do pretty much whatever you
> want: show channels to see what's going on, originate to create new
> channels, fifo list, conference list, etc. etc. BTW, fs_cli is a great
> example of an inbound event socket application. fs_cli literally connects
> to FS via event socket.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -MC
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:53 AM, envelopes envelopes <sunwood360 at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Both modes can send command and receive events. Which mode is more
>> scalable?
>> And pros vs cons of each mode.
>>
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