--- original/asterisk-11.5.1/apps/app_externalivr.c	2012-06-20 07:47:12.000000000 -0400
+++ asterisk-11.5.1/apps/app_externalivr.c	2017-01-30 21:54:28.000000000 -0500
@@ -643,7 +643,23 @@
 		setvbuf(eivr_errors, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
 	}
 
+	char *inchan_name;
+        inchan_name = ast_strdupa(ast_channel_name(chan));
+	ast_debug(1, "eivr_comm  orig_channel %s\n", ast_channel_name(chan));
+
  	while (1) {
+
+		if (strcmp(ast_channel_name(chan), inchan_name) == 0) {
+			ast_debug(1, "eivr_comm channel %s activate generator is set \n", ast_channel_name(chan));
+		} else {
+			ast_debug(1, "eivr_comm  channel to %s start ast_activate_generator\n", ast_channel_name(chan));
+			if (ast_activate_generator(chan, &gen, u) < 0) {
+        	                ast_chan_log(LOG_ERROR, chan, "Failed to activate generator\n");
+				goto exit;
+                	}
+			inchan_name = ast_strdupa(ast_channel_name(chan));
+		}
+
  		if (ast_test_flag(ast_channel_flags(chan), AST_FLAG_ZOMBIE)) {
  			ast_chan_log(LOG_ERROR, chan, "Is a zombie\n");
  			break;