do you mean bridge_answer_timeout?

if you see the wiki, that variable only pertains to bridged calls in early_media state.

you probably want:

http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Channel_Variables#originate_timeout



On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Mark Sobkow <m.sobkow@marketelsystems.com> wrote:
I tried changing the answer timeout to 2 seconds, but Freeswitch
"originate" is definitely not honouring that request.  The originate
command is:

originate, sofia/external/533@rats.marketel '&erlang( pbx_called_cust
pursuit@testsrv )' 5

Mark Sobkow wrote:
> Never mind.  What's actually happening is now that I've got the Erlang
> events firing, the timeout on the originate command doesn't seem to be
> working.  I had a timeout of 5 seconds set, but Freeswitch kept
> ringing until our voice mail system answered my phone (30 seconds.)
>
> *sigh*
>
> Not that it's any better a result, as we DO need to timeout calls that
> aren't being answered.
>
> Mark Sobkow wrote:
>> I think I may have found a bug in Freeswitch, as both answered and
>> ringing calls have an "Answer-State" "answered" and
>> variable_endpoint_disposition ANSWER, though in one case the call has
>> NOT been answered.
>>
>> For a normally answered call, the following Freeswitch events are
>> propagated to Erlang:
>>
>> CHANNEL_DATA
>> CHANNEL_PARK
>> CHANNEL_HANGUP
>> CHANNEL_UNPARK
>> CHANNEL_EXECUTE_COMPLETE
>> CHANNEL_STATE
>> CHANNEL_HANGUP_COMPLETE
>> CHANNEL_STATE
>> CHANNEL_DESTROY
>> CHANNEL_STATE
>>
>> For an unanswered call, the events are:
>>
>> CHANNEL_DATA
>> CHANNEL_EXECUTE
>> CHANNEL_PARK
>> CHANNEL_HANGUP
>> CHANNEL_UNPARK
>> CHANNEL_EXECUTE_COMPLETE
>> CHANNEL_STATE
>> CHANNEL_HANGUP_COMPLETE
>> CHANNEL_STATE
>> CHANNEL_DESTROY
>> CHANNEL_STATE
>>
>> This is going to make the call processing a little complex, as both
>> variants produce a CHANNEL_PARK early in the call processing, and
>> later produce the HANGUP event.
>>
>> The problem is that with an answered call, I have to uuid_bridge the
>> operator on the CHANNEL_PARK event within 2 seconds to meet legal
>> requirements, while with an unanswered call it's another 30 seconds
>> (configurable) before the CHANNEL_HANGUP event propagates to let me
>> know that the call went unanswered.
>>
>
>


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