Asterisk Project : Asterisk 13 Application_WaitExten

Created by wikibot on Aug 08, 2014

WaitExten()

Synopsis

Waits for an extension to be entered.

Description

This application waits for the user to enter a new extension for a specified number of seconds.

Warning

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Use of the application WaitExten within a macro will not function as expected. Please use the Read application in order to read DTMF from a channel currently executing a macro.

Syntax

WaitExten([seconds,[options]])
Arguments
  • seconds - Can be passed with fractions of a second. For example, 1.5 will ask the application to wait for 1.5 seconds.
  • options
    • m - Provide music on hold to the caller while waiting for an extension.
      • x - Specify the class for music on hold. CHANNEL(musicclass) will be used instead if set

See Also

Import Version

This documentation was imported from Asterisk Version SVN-branch-13-r420538