[SR-Users] Is this idea even feasible?

[Antony Stone]

On Wednesday 18 August 2021 at 13:40:25, David Villasmil wrote:

> In freeswitch you have the uuid_hold, etc api:
> https://www.freeswitch.org/confluence/plugins/servlet/mobile?contentId=1966
> 741#content/view/1966741
> 
> You call the API uuid_hold [uuid] or uuid_hold off  [uuid] to take the
> channel out of hold.

Thank you for your assistance, and pointing in a helpful direction.

I now have a working solution based on FreeSwitch.

> UUID in freeswitch is what uniquely identifies a given channel.
> 
> When you say:
> 
> “ However, my understanding of a B2BUA is that *it* would then start
> handling the state of the calls itself - whether they're on hold, routing
> the transfers, etc.”
> 
> This is correct, that’s how B2BUA works, but you can send an API to fs via
> ESL (tcp connection on port 8021
> https://freeswitch.org/confluence/plugins/servlet/mobile?contentId=15696286
> #content/view/1048916 ) to put on hold not just your channel, since that
> would simply send a reconly to your app, but also the B-leg of the call.

This is indeed what happens - FreeSwitch sends a re-invite containing sendonly 
to the upstream PBX, which then puts the other party on hold and plays its own 
hold music at them.  Exactly what I needed.


Thanks,


Antony.

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