[Freeswitch-users] Terminating calls prior to answer using api

Steven Ayre steveayre at gmail.com
Tue Feb 12 00:49:56 MSK 2013


Interesting :)



On 11 February 2013 21:38, Anthony Minessale <anthony.minessale at gmail.com>wrote:

> Oh, and remember to take the "SWITCH_CAUSE" out when using it with
> uuid_kill
>
> uuid_kill <uuid> picked_off
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Anthony Minessale <
> anthony.minessale at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Try SWITCH_CAUSE_PICKED_OFF or SWITCH_CAUSE_LOSE_RACE that will inject
>> headers to the phone telling it that the call was completed elsewhere which
>> makes most of them skip counting it as an error.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Steven Ayre <steveayre at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> NOTIFY messages are a SIP feature outside of an INVITE call flow. Ending
>>> the call using 200+BYE, 4xx, 5xx or 6xx are your only options I'm afraid.
>>>
>>> I'm writing a CTI application so terminating the call via the api prior
>>>> to answer without errors is really important.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any call that's unanswered is a failed call, but that's not necessarily
>>> an error (eg user busy).
>>>
>>> I understand your concern that the caller might not know if their call
>>> succeeded or not... Is there any possibility perhaps to answer the call,
>>> send it to a playback (eg 'your request was successful') and then hangup?
>>>
>>> -Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11 February 2013 18:37, Gary Foreman <gaz.foreman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was concerned that might be the case, I have managed to get different
>>>> errors by send alternative hangup codes "user_busy" for example is
>>>> recognised but as you say all are still errors.
>>>>
>>>>  I'm planning on using Polycom sip phones, does anyone know if it is
>>>> possible to end an unanswered call using a notify message or something?
>>>> Like the talk sip notify message used to answer.
>>>>
>>>> I'm writing a CTI application so terminating the call via the api prior
>>>> to answer without errors is really important.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:07 PM, <
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>>>>>    1. Re: Throttle Error (Avi Marcus)
>>>>>    2. Re: Terminating calls prior to answer using api (Steven Ayre)
>>>>>    3. Re: Terminating calls prior to answer using api (Steven Ayre)
>>>>>    4. High Availability Cluster Module for FreeSWITCH   - Major News
>>>>>       Update (Eliot Gable)
>>>>>    5. Re: High Availability Cluster Module for  FreeSWITCH
>>>>>       (Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Avi Marcus <avi at avimarcus.net>
>>>>> To: FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
>>>>> Cc:
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:09:33 +0200
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Throttle Error
>>>>>
>>>>> As Ken's original message said, try "fsctl sps 40" or the like.
>>>>> He said that otherwise only a restart, not reload xml would work.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Avi
>>>>> (This message was painstakingly thumbed out on my mobile, so apologies
>>>>> for brevity and errors.)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 11, 2013 6:57 PM, "Archana Venugopan" <a.venugopan at mundio.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hi,****
>>>>>
>>>>> ** **
>>>>>
>>>>> When I gave fsctl sps it shows still 10. Can you please tell me apart
>>>>> from reload_xml do we have to anyother thing after changing switch.conf.xml?
>>>>> ****
>>>>>
>>>>> ** **
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,****
>>>>>
>>>>> Archana****
>>>>>
>>>>> ** **
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
>>>>> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *Archana
>>>>> Venugopan
>>>>> *Sent:* 11 February 2013 16:37
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> To: FreeSWITCH Users Help
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Throttle Error
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ya i did re-loaded the xml. And this is what I see in status
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> UP 0 years, 6 days, 9 hours, 3...
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>>>>> From: Steven Ayre <steveayre at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
>>>>> Cc:
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:40:57 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Terminating calls prior to answer
>>>>> using api
>>>>> You either answer a call with 200, redirect with 3xx, or give an error
>>>>> 4xx 5xx or 6xx... basically without answering your only option is to return
>>>>> an error.
>>>>>
>>>>> The specific error code can show a varying number of levels of 'error'
>>>>> though. Some might be a perfectly valid result (eg 486 User Busy) while
>>>>> other's imply a more serious error (eg 500 Server Internal Error). But
>>>>> there's not really one for a successful unanswered call.
>>>>>
>>>>> How your phone behaves on the various errors is really up to the SIP
>>>>> client though. A generic unable to connect message doesn't sound very
>>>>> useful, I'd expect different error tones depending on the response code.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Steve
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11 February 2013 15:30, Gary Foreman <gaz.foreman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm having an issue gracefully terminating calls prior to them being
>>>>>> answered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I issue the uuid_kill command prior to the call being answered
>>>>>> my sip client gives an error "unable to connect" with an error tone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it possible to cancel the client dial without causing an error?
>>>>>> Maybe using a sip notify message or something?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't seem to find a list of valid sip notify messages anywhere.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Steven Ayre <steveayre at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
>>>>> Cc:
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:42:51 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Terminating calls prior to answer
>>>>> using api
>>>>> The NORMAL_CLEARING ISDN clearing cause (16) has no mapping to any SIP
>>>>> code for example, it's a code you normally would only see a) when the
>>>>> caller hangs up at any time (regardless of answered or not) or b) when call
>>>>> has been answered *then* callee hangs up.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Steve
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11 February 2013 17:40, Steven Ayre <steveayre at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You either answer a call with 200, redirect with 3xx, or give an
>>>>>> error 4xx 5xx or 6xx... basically without answering your only option is to
>>>>>> return an error.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The specific error code can show a varying number of levels of
>>>>>> 'error' though. Some might be a perfectly valid result (eg 486 User Busy)
>>>>>> while other's imply a more serious error (eg 500 Server Internal Error).
>>>>>> But there's not really one for a successful unanswered call.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How your phone behaves on the various errors is really up to the SIP
>>>>>> client though. A generic unable to connect message doesn't sound very
>>>>>> useful, I'd expect different error tones depending on the response code.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Steve
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11 February 2013 15:30, Gary Foreman <gaz.foreman at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm having an issue gracefully terminating calls prior to them being
>>>>>>> answered.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I issue the uuid_kill command prior to the call being answered
>>>>>>> my sip client gives an error "unable to connect" with an error tone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is it possible to cancel the client dial without causing an error?
>>>>>>> Maybe using a sip notify message or something?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can't seem to find a list of valid sip notify messages anywhere.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>> From: Eliot Gable <egable+freeswitch at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
>>>>> Cc:
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:44:55 -0500
>>>>> Subject: [Freeswitch-users] High Availability Cluster Module for
>>>>> FreeSWITCH - Major News Update
>>>>> After discussing this project in further detail with Tony, I have
>>>>> decided to cancel the Kickstarter project. Funding will now go through
>>>>> FreeSWITCH Solutions. If you would like to contribute towards making
>>>>> mod_ha_cluster a reality, please send contributions to FreeSWITCH Solutions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Eliot Gable
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz <luis.daniel.lucio at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
>>>>> Cc:
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:06:16 -0500
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] High Availability Cluster Module for
>>>>> FreeSWITCH
>>>>> Is the latest snapshot ofyour module at
>>>>> git://git.freeswitch.org/freeswitch-contrib.git ?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2013/2/11 Eliot Gable <egable+freeswitch at gmail.com>:
>>>>> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Marcin Gozdalik <gozdal at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> +1
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> I do not doubt mod_ha is necessary inside of FS  and it may be
>>>>> >> better/simpler than writing Pacemaker resource agent, but writing
>>>>> >> yet-another-cluster-communication-engine is IMHO the wrong way to go
>>>>> >> and using Corosync for communication will give a lot of value from
>>>>> >> mature codebase.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I understand what you are saying, but what I am trying to get across
>>>>> is that
>>>>> > I am not writing yet-another-cluster-communication-engine. All I am
>>>>> really
>>>>> > doing is combining a multicast messaging API written by Tony and the
>>>>> event
>>>>> > API in FS to broadcast existing state information between multiple
>>>>> FS nodes,
>>>>> > as well as adding a tiny amount of logic on top of that to
>>>>> coordinate call
>>>>> > fail over and recovery. That's probably a little over-simplified,
>>>>> but it
>>>>> > gets the point across. The network communication code is already in
>>>>> FS and
>>>>> > well tested. The event system is already in FS and well tested. I
>>>>> have
>>>>> > already written the code to the point that it parses the
>>>>> configuration files
>>>>> > and starts sending heartbeats out all of the interfaces configured.
>>>>> I have
>>>>> > also already written a lot of the code that deals with the state
>>>>> > transitions. All I am talking about doing is implementing a tiny
>>>>> little
>>>>> > finite state machine. It's a pretty trivial programming task. In
>>>>> fact, I
>>>>> > think it was covered in my first year at Carnegie Mellon University.
>>>>> Of
>>>>> > course, I had already figured out how to write such things in high
>>>>> school, I
>>>>> > just did not know what it was called at that point. My point is,
>>>>> that this
>>>>> > is not yet-another-cluster-communication-engine. It is a very
>>>>> specific and
>>>>> > small finite state machine designed solely with the goal in mind of
>>>>> making
>>>>> > FS have just enough information to coordinate call fail over
>>>>> internally. If
>>>>> > I recall correctly, a lot of people also said writing
>>>>> > yet-another-VoIP-server was a waste of time, but now we have
>>>>> FreeSWITCH, and
>>>>> > it was obviously worth the effort. And I am not even trying to do
>>>>> something
>>>>> > as complex as that. If you think this is
>>>>> > yet-another-cluster-communication-engine, you are missing the point.
>>>>> It is
>>>>> > not. It never will be.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Look at Sonus, Genband, Broadsoft, Veraz, etc. All the big-name
>>>>> > carrier-grade telecom providers have a built-in solution for
>>>>> automatic call
>>>>> > fail over. The only way FreeSWITCH will ever compete with such
>>>>> solutions is
>>>>> > if it also has that feature. Pacemaker and Corosync are overkill
>>>>> just to get
>>>>> > FS to handle single node failures and provide call recovery. It took
>>>>> me a
>>>>> > full 3 months of working with them every day to really understand
>>>>> how to
>>>>> > deploy them properly in conjunction with FreeSWITCH and Postgres to
>>>>> provide
>>>>> > a carrier-grade hot-standby solution which was robust enough to
>>>>> handle 99%
>>>>> > of the failures I could throw at it. Granted, this was back when the
>>>>> > configuration still needed to be written by hand in XML and prior the
>>>>> > existence of any resource agent for FreeSWITCH. But, even with those
>>>>> > changes, deploying Pacemaker and Corosync is not a simple task. If
>>>>> that is
>>>>> > the requirement for FS to have HA, it will never truly stand a chance
>>>>> > against commercial offerings.
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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