Jan Svoboda wrote:
Hi, I am currently trying to implement asterisk applications using ARI, and came across few problems trying to recreate the DIAL app. My current approach is the following: 1. When StasisStart event is received, determine which endpoints to dial and create new object, representing the DIAL application in my code, passing it the endpoints to call and the originating channel. 2. Create destination channels from all passed endpoints, listening to various events. - if at least one destination channel is created, indicate ring to originating channel 3. When one of the destination channels answers: - hangup all other destination channels - bridge the channel which answered with the originating one This works and calls can be completed, but the problem is when dialled destination channel indicates progress and starts early audio. This can be for example in case of a call to mobile phone, which is switched off. In this case, there is early audio saying “The called number is unavailable at the moment.”. As there is no other indication apart from the audio message, this leads to the caller hearing only the ringing indication and then the call is hung up, which makes the misleading impression, that the mobile phone is switched on, but does not answer the call. I have checked the source code of the DIAL app in app_dial.c, and noticed, that this is handled specially when there is only one destination channel, and that the way it is handled is with ast_channel_early_bridge(in, c). Using the DIAL app, this works, and I can hear the early audio.
Not really. What actually happens is that since Dial has control of all channels involved it can create a primitive bridge inside of itself, allowing media to be exchanged back and forth even in an early state. Once answer occurs the normal core bridging is invoked.
Bridging the channel early in the app does not seem to be an option, since in this case, the channel does not even enter stasis. Is there any workaround or recommended way to achieve this ? Or is it something that yet has to be added to ARI ?
This hasn't been added to ARI yet and thus is not achievable. Until the channel is answered you don't have enough control. Ideally what would happen is that an early bridge technology would exist and you could then throw them into a bridge. The early bridge would do the stuff required in an unanswered state and then once answered a smart bridge operation would occur and the bridge would transition to a normal simple bridge or a native RTP bridge. Heck, it would probably even work in early state in normal bridges.
Another problem is that it seems there is no way to indicate and play early audio to the caller. Any attempt to do so seems to answer the originating channel and generates ChannelStateChange event with state Up.
This shouldn't happen. Behavior was changed months ago so stuff should not explicitly answer. What operation were you doing?
There is also a problem when playing music on hold to caller. The log indicates "Started music on hold”, but there is no audio. This also seems to be related to progress not being indicated (and lack of a way to do so), because trying it with the PROGRESS app called from the dialplan before Stasis works.
Can you file an issue for this? The MOH code should be indicating progress. Cheers, -- Joshua Colp Digium, Inc. | Senior Software Developer 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - US Check us out at: www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org _______________________________________________ asterisk-app-dev mailing list asterisk-app-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.digium.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-app-dev
