ExtenSpy() — Listen to the audio on an extension, and optionally whisper to the calling channel
This application is used to listen to the audio going to and from an Asterisk channel. Only channels created by outgoing calls for the specified extension will be selected for spying.
While a channel is being spied upon, the following actions may be performed:
Dialing # cycles the volume
level
Dialing * will cause the
application to spy on the next available channel
The options parameter may contain zero
or more of the following options:
b
Only spy on channels that are involved in a bridged call.
g(group)
Only spy on channels that contain a channel variable named
SPYGROUP, which should contain
group in an optional colon-delimited
list.
q
Quiet mode. Tells the application not to beep or read the selected channel’s name when spying begins.
r[(basename)]
Records the channel audio to the monitor spool directory
(usually /var/spool/asterisk/monitor). An
optional basename set the base filename
of the recordings, which defaults to chanspy.
v([value])
Adjusts the volume of the audio being listened to. The
value must be in the range of 4 to -4. A negative
value will make the volume quieter,
while a positive value will make it louder.
w
Whisper mode. This allows the spying channel to talk to the spied-upon channel, without any other bridged channel being able to hear the audio.
W
Private whisper mode. This enables the spying channel to speak to the spied-upon channel without being able to hear the audio from the spied-upon channel.
; Spy on channels created by extension 125 in the lab context
exten => 123,1,ExtenSpy(125@lab,w)