[Freeswitch-users] Loopback Endpoint

[Bote Man]

I was the one who added that "evil" warning to the Dialplan Tools page,
based on comments here from those who know. (The loopback page is devoid
of that remark and quite sparse at that.) I figured it would relieve
some additional support burden from the developers and steer users clear
of trouble with such a remark. At the very least, it should make them
tread more carefully when implementing loopback.

 

The current description on that page seems a bit off the mark:

"Possible to 'bridge' to other extension on same server"

I mean, FreeSWITCH can do that right out of the box between extensions
1000-1019 so loopback wouldn't even be needed for that operation.

 

As I understand it, loopback provides a temporary place-holder to
terminate a call until it can be disposed of to a "real" endpoint such
as voicemail or a B-leg. Is this correct?

 

Thanks.

 

Bote

 

 

From: João Mesquita
Sent: Thursday, 10 January, 2013 12:46



Jon, the loopback will most certainly be evil if you are processing
CDRs. If you want to keep it simple, avoid using it at all costs. It
should always be a last resort.




João Mesquita
FreeSWITCH™ Solutions

 

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Michael Collins <msc at freeswitch.org>
wrote:

The devs have done their best to make loopback not be evil but in some
respects it must be, because it is what is it. Some folks use it all the
time without any issues. Just manage your expectations. :)

That being said, you mentioned you need to dial a "dialplan" for each
user and that you need to do so in parallel. Without more information I
can't offer a better solution, although when I hear things like "dial in
parallel" I immediately think "enterprise originate." More information
is found on the wiki
<http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Freeswitch_IVR_Originate#Enterprise_ori
ginate>  or in the FS Cookbook <http://link.packtpub.com/nuIOlX> .

-MC

 

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Jon Schøpzinsky <jos at firstcom.dk>
wrote:

Hello List,

I can see that the "this will destroy the world and this may kill your
pets" warning has been removed from the documentation for the Loopback
endpoint.

Is this an indication that it has become safer to use?

I have a specific problem where I essentially have to dial a dialplan
for each user I am trying to reach, in parallel.
Is it correctly understood that loopback would be the best/only way of
implementing this, or is there another way?


Kind Regards

Jon Schøpzinsky





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