WaitForSignal()¶

Synopsis¶

Waits for a named signal on a channel.

Description¶

Waits for signaltimeout seconds on the current channel to receive a signal with name signalname. Acts as a consumer in a simple message queue.

Result of signal wait will be stored in the following variables:

• WAITFORSIGNALSTATUS

  • SIGNALED - Signal was received.

  • TIMEOUT - Timed out waiting for signal.

  • HANGUP - Channel hung up before signal was received.

• WAITFORSIGNALPAYLOAD - Data payload attached to signal, if it exists
  

  Example: Wait for the workdone signal, indefinitely, and print out payload

  same => n,WaitForSignal(workdone)
  same => n,NoOp(Received: ${WAITFORSIGNALPAYLOAD})
  

Syntax¶

WaitForSignal(signalname,[signaltimeout])

Arguments¶

• signalname - Name of signal to send.
  

• signaltimeout - Maximum time, in seconds, to wait for signal.
  

See Also¶

• Dialplan Applications Signal

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