Re: [Asterisk-java-users] manager events

[Stefan R. <sr...@re...>]

Hi,

> I started playing with Asterisk 1.2.1 and noticed a new application =20
> called UserEvent, which is supposed to be able to send arbitrary =20
> events to Asterisk.

The UserEvent is used to send arbitrary events FROM Asterisk (i.e. from
the dialplan) to your Manager API based application.

>  My question is whether this could be used to =20
> place complex outbound (and even Call Control) and IVR functionality =20
> without resorting to AGI. In other words, right now I used the =20
> Manager interface to trigger a call, and then communicate back and =20
> forth between the dial plan and AGI to get stuff done. WIth this new =20
> application, could I just use the Manager, or will this be too slow?

No, you cant use it for that purpose. To originate a new call there are
only two possibilities: The Manager API and .call files. The prefered
way is the Manager API.

=3DStefan