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WaitForTone()

Synopsis

Wait for tone

Description

Waits for a single-frequency tone to be detected before dialplan execution continues.

  • WAITFORTONESTATUS - This indicates the result of the wait.

    • SUCCESS

    • ERROR

    • TIMEOUT

    • HANGUP

Syntax

WaitForTone(freq,[duration_ms,[timeout,[times,[options]]]])
Arguments

  • freq - Frequency of the tone to wait for.

  • duration_ms - Minimum duration of tone, in ms. Default is 500ms. Using a minimum duration under 50ms is unlikely to produce accurate results.

  • timeout - Maximum amount of time, in seconds, to wait for specified tone. Default is forever.

  • times - Number of times the tone should be detected (subject to the provided timeout) before returning. Default is 1.

  • options

    • d - Custom decibel threshold to use. Default is 16.

    • s - Squelch tone.

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