input processing issues

Hi,

I have a working IVR application based on Bayonne2 (0.8.8) with SIP
support. Nice work, congratulations

One annoying thing in my script is input processing. I have a 

	string.8 %tel_dtmf
        input %tel_dtmf count=8 format="????????"

statement that retrieves a 8 numbers value; after the 8e value has been
entered, there's a 3-4s blank time before the script continues.
If I use # as a terminating digit, there's no blank, but I don't want to
use such a digit.

I tried
	string.8 %tel_dtmf
	read  %tel_dtmf count=8 format="????????"
	slog "your input: %tel_dtmf"

but read() does not seem to get any input

---- snip ----
sip/0: state=play, event=400, seq=12   <--- my prompt ends
sip/0: state=run, event=100, seq=12
sip/0: state=sleep, event=100, seq=12
sip/0: state=sleep, event=708, seq=13
sip/0: state=run, event=100, seq=13
sip/0: state=read, event=100, seq=13    <-- read begins
sip/0: state=read, event=400, seq=17
sip/0: state=run, event=100, seq=17
sip/0: your input: 
sip/0: state=wait, event=100, seq=17    <-- :(
---- snip ----


I had a quick look at the source code but I didn't manage to get what's
wrong. Is this a DTMF in/out band issue or a coding one? I know read()
differs from input() by the terminating digit abstraction, that's what I
want to use.

And, by the way, what does 'interdigits' refer to?


TIA

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Alexandre BOULANGER <[email protected]>