Thanks Steve, I have created this file which I call dialWAnumbers.call and cron'd it for every 10 days as suggested below. I'm using my ZAP card but I'd rather dial out over my VoIP provider. I haven't tried it yet but I'm guessing i can do something like Channel: SIP/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ?
Channel: ZAP/1/13603821962 MaxRetries: 3 RetryTime: 60 WaitTime: 15 # # Assuming that your outgoing call logic is kept in the # context called [outgoing] # Context: antidiscorobot Extension: 555 Priority: 1 The context "antidiscorobot" is as follows exten => 555,1,Answer exten => 555,2,Festival(Hello.) exten => 555,3,Festival(I am the anti disconnect robot.) exten => 555,4,Festival(I am calling to prevent the loss of your) exten => 555,5,Festival(free Washington State phone number.) exten => 555,6,Festival(I will call again in 10 days. Thank you.) exten => 555,7,Wait(1) exten => 555,8,Hangup Thanks again de Mark > On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 13:41, Mark Phillips wrote: >> Those of you whom have a free Washington State phone number from >> ipkall.om >> will know that one has to use the number at least every 30 days or else >> the number becomes disconnected. >> >> I have 3 numbers pointed at my asterisk my which work very well but I >> still had the 30 day problem. >> >> Is there a way that I can program asterisk to make a call to my WA >> numbers >> so that they wont get disco'd? I'm thinking of something like a "alrm >> call" that one has in a hotel room. YOu pick up the phone and program a >> ring back time. >> >> Hope this make sense. >> > > Research sample.call, write cron job to submit one every x days to > guarantee you get a call out. I suggest, every 10 days, this gives you 3 > opportunities to make the call in case your computer was down or > unreachable for some reason during the month. > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > G7LTT/KC2ENI Mark Phillips _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
