hello friends, as in the mailing list archive about the sems with ivr i followed the instrucions as mentioned by some 1) in ser.cfg iam loading the module tm.so 2) in sems.conf iam usieng ivr path 3) in ser.cfg iam useing like if(!vm("/tmp/am_fifo","ivr")) and my ser.cfg # ----------- global configuration parameters ------------------------ debug=8 # debug level (cmd line: -dddddddddd) fork=yes log_stderror=yes # (cmd line: -E) #/* Uncomment these lines to enter debugging mode #debug=7 #fork=no #log_stderror=yes #*/ check_via=no # (cmd. line: -v) dns=no # (cmd. line: -r) rev_dns=no # (cmd. line: -R) port=5060 children=4 fifo="/tmp/ser_fifo" # ------------------ module loading ---------------------------------- # Uncomment this if you want to use SQL database loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/mysql.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/sl.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/tm.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/rr.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/maxfwd.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/usrloc.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/registrar.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/vm.so" # Uncomment this if you want digest authentication # mysql.so must be loaded ! loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/auth.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/auth_db.so" # ----------------- setting module-specific parameters --------------- # -- usrloc params -- modparam("usrloc", "db_mode", 0) # Uncomment this if you want to use SQL database # for persistent storage and comment the previous line #modparam("usrloc", "db_mode", 2) # -- auth params -- # Uncomment if you are using auth module # modparam("auth_db", "calculate_ha1", yes) # # If you set "calculate_ha1" parameter to yes (which true in this config), # uncomment also the following parameter) # modparam("auth_db", "password_column", "password") modparam("usrloc","db_url","mysql://ser:heslo@localhost:3306/ser") # -- rr params -- # add value to ;lr param to make some broken UAs happy modparam("rr", "enable_full_lr", 1) #voicemail modparam("voicemail","db_url","mysql://ser:heslo@localhost:3306/ser") modparam("voicemail","subscriber_table","subscriber") modparam("voicemail","email_column","email_address") # ------------------------- request routing logic ------------------- # main routing logic route{ # initial sanity checks -- messages with # max_forwards==0, or excessively long requests if (!mf_process_maxfwd_header("10")) { sl_send_reply("483","Too Many Hops"); break; }; if ( msg:len > max_len ) { sl_send_reply("513", "Message too big"); break; }; record_route(); if (loose_route()) { t_relay(); break; }; if (uri==myself) { if (method=="REGISTER") { save("location"); break; }; if ( method=="ACK" || method=="INVITE" || method=="BYE" || method=="CANCEL" ) { if (!t_newtran()) { sl_send_reply("500","could not create transaction"); break; }; t_reply("100","Trying - just wait a minute !"); if (method=="INVITE") { log("in to the invite"); if(!vm("/tmp/am_fifo","ivr")) { log("could not contact announcement server"); t_reply("500","error contacting sems"); }; break; } else if (method=="BYE" || method=="CANCEL") { if(!vm("/tmp/am_fifo","bye")) { t_reply("500","error contacting sems"); }; break; }; }; # native SIP destinations are handled using our USRLOC DB if (!lookup("location")) { sl_send_reply("404", "Not Found"); break; }; }; # forward to current uri now; use stateful forwarding; that # works reliably even if we forward from TCP to UDP if (!t_relay()) { sl_reply_error(); }; } and my sems.conf [root@server1 sems]# cat sems.conf ################################## # global parameters # ################################## fork=yes stderr=no loglevel=1 fifo_name=/tmp/am_fifo ser_fifo_name=/tmp/ser_fifo plugin_path=/usr/local/lib/sems/plug-in smtp_server=localhost smtp_port=25 ################################## # module specific parameters # ################################## config.voicemail=inline rec_file_extension=wav announce_path=/usr/local/lib/sems/audio/ default_announce=default_en.wav max_record_time=30 accept_delay=0 email_template_path=/usr/local/etc/sems/ config.voicemail=end config.announcement=inline announce_path=/usr/local/lib/sems/audio/ default_announce=default_en.wav config.announcement=end config.ivr=inline ivr_script_path=/root/answer_machine/plugin/ivr/script ivr_script_file=ivr.py tts_caching=y tts_cache_path=/tmp/wavs config.ivr=end config.conference=inline default_announce=/usr/local/lib/sems/audio/first_participant.wav config.conference=end config.number_reader=inline number_path=/usr/local/lib/sems/audio/ prolog_file=welcome_to_number_reader.wav epilog_file=thanks_calling_number_reader.wav config.number_reader=end and the output iam getting are as followed (1254) ERROR: reply (AmRequest.cpp:335): AmRequestUAS::reply: 500 command 't_reply' not available my aim is to run the ivr.py and to get the dtmf recorded in to a variable . when i run the command serctl fifo which it doesnot shows t_relay porcess in that so any hints to go from here your help will be highly appreciated with regards v r kanth __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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