Summary:	ASTERISK-17015: [patch] const timeout = 30 makes app_originate pretty useless
Reporter:	Jacco van Tuijl (jacco)	Labels:
Date Opened:	2010-11-24 07:45:57.000-0600	Date Closed:	2012-09-05 09:24:24
Priority:	Major	Regression?	No
Status:	Closed/Complete	Components:	Applications/NewFeature
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Environment:		Attachments:	( 0) app_originate_longer_timeout.diff ( 1) app_originate_timeout.patch
Description:	It would be nice if one could specify the timeout in an extra argument.
Comments:	By: Paul Belanger (pabelanger) 2010-11-24 08:52:33.000-0600 Patches welcome By: Jacco van Tuijl (jacco) 2011-03-24 09:42:10 I made a patch to change the hardcoded timeout from 30seconds to 36000seconds That will do for me By: Jacco van Tuijl (jacco) 2011-07-06 05:00:41.791-0500  -= Info about application 'Originate' =- [Synopsis] Originate a call. [Description] This application originates an outbound call and connects it to a specified extension or application.  This application will block until the outgoing call fails or gets answered.  At that point, this application will exit with the status variable set and dialplan processing will continue. This application sets the following channel variable before exiting: ${ORIGINATE_STATUS}: This indicates the result of the call origination.    FAILED    SUCCESS    BUSY    CONGESTION    HANGUP    RINGING    UNKNOWN: In practice, you should never see this value.  Please report    it to the issue tracker if you ever see it. [Syntax] Originate(tech_data,type,arg1[,arg2[,arg3[,timeout]]]) [Arguments] tech_data    Channel technology and data for creating the outbound channel.    For example, SIP/1234. type    This should be 'app' or 'exten', depending on whether the outbound    channel should be connected to an application or extension. arg1    If the type is 'app', then this is the application name.  If the    type is 'exten', then this is the context that the channel will be sent    to. arg2    If the type is 'app', then this is the data passed as arguments to    the application.  If the type is 'exten', then this is the extension that    the channel will be sent to. arg3    If the type is 'exten', then this is the priority that the channel    is sent to.  If the type is 'app', then this parameter is ignored. timeout    Timeout in seconds. Default is 30 seconds. By: Jacco van Tuijl (jacco) 2011-07-06 05:00:50.416-0500  -= Info about application 'Originate' =- [Synopsis] Originate a call. [Description] This application originates an outbound call and connects it to a specified extension or application.  This application will block until the outgoing call fails or gets answered.  At that point, this application will exit with the status variable set and dialplan processing will continue. This application sets the following channel variable before exiting: ${ORIGINATE_STATUS}: This indicates the result of the call origination.    FAILED    SUCCESS    BUSY    CONGESTION    HANGUP    RINGING    UNKNOWN: In practice, you should never see this value.  Please report    it to the issue tracker if you ever see it. [Syntax] Originate(tech_data,type,arg1[,arg2[,arg3[,timeout]]]) [Arguments] tech_data    Channel technology and data for creating the outbound channel.    For example, SIP/1234. type    This should be 'app' or 'exten', depending on whether the outbound    channel should be connected to an application or extension. arg1    If the type is 'app', then this is the application name.  If the    type is 'exten', then this is the context that the channel will be sent    to. arg2    If the type is 'app', then this is the data passed as arguments to    the application.  If the type is 'exten', then this is the extension that    the channel will be sent to. arg3    If the type is 'exten', then this is the priority that the channel    is sent to.  If the type is 'app', then this parameter is ignored. timeout    Timeout in seconds. Default is 30 seconds. By: Matt Jordan (mjordan) 2012-09-05 09:24:24.227-0500 Looks like this was committed some time ago, as the Originate application supports the timeout documented in this issue.