The Document explains how to configure automatic announcements to be played back over W-PA at the fixed time using cron schedule.
Initial W-PA Documentation (how to provision, assign to user etc.): W-PA SIP Public Announcer - Admin Manual
Created: April 2019
Permalink: https://confluence.wildix.com/x/LAFOAg
Dialplan configuration
You can use the following Custom application to play back pre-recorded messages:
- Custom application -> Page(Local/911@pbxservices,nA(00000/WPA))
Where:
911 - Feature Code "Paging" + Paging Group ID where the device is present
00000/WPA - pre-recorded message
Cron file setting up
- Connect via SSH and run the following command to edit crontab file or create a new one if it doesn't exist:
crontab -e -u root
- In the cron file, specify the time at which pre-recorded messages have to be played back (1 line) and run the command applying API Originate (2 line) :
*/2 * * * * my-script.sh curl -u admin:password -k -X POST --data-urlencode "channel=Local/112@users" --data-urlencode "exten=112" --data-urlencode "context=users" --data-urlencode "priority=1" --data-urlencode "callerid=\"Announcer\" <112>" https://127.0.0.1/api/v1/Originate
Where:
*/2 * * * * my-script.sh - the string that runs the next command every 2 minutes. More information about crontab syntax: LINK
admin:password - admin credentials of your PBX
112 - the extension number of W-PA user
users - Dialplan procedure where the called number is matched
Announcer - the name of W-PA user