[Asterisk-Dev] Dialplan 'i' and DIALSTATUS bugs

[Rich Adamson]

> > ast-one dial(IAX2/)'s ast-two.  Both are CVS HEAD within a week of today.
> > 
> > ast-two's context for ast-one's type=user is somecontext.
> > 
> > [somecontext]
> > exten => 100,1,NoOp(One)
> > exten => 100,2,Hangup
> > 
> > exten => 200,1,NoOp(Two)
> > exten => 200,2,Hangup
> > 
> > exten => i,1,Wait(1)
> > exten => i,2,Playback(tt-somethingwrong)
> > exten => i,3,Hangup
> > 
> > Now, when ast-one Dial(IAX2/ast-one at ast-two/300) I get an immediate failure 
> > with DIALSTATUS set to NOANSWER.
> > 
> > This is bad.  Why?  Because I cannot tell the difference between dialing a 
> > valid extension that does not answer, and dialing an invalid extension, and 
> > thus it is impossible to provide a failover scenario.  Further, extension 'i' 
> > is not being triggered even though it should.
> > 
> > Similarly, I have a PRI and DIDs from 555-0001 thorugh 555-0030 inclusive.  My 
> > 23 Zap channels dump into the pri context:
> > 
> > [pri]
> > exten => 555-0001,1,NoOp(0001)
> > exten => 555-0001,2,Hangup
> > 
> > exten => 555-0002,1,NoOp(0002)
> > exten => 555-0002,2,Hangup
> > 
> > exten => i,1,Wait(1)
> > exten => i,2,Playback(tt-somethingwrong)
> > exten => i,3,Hangup
> > 
> > Now when someone calls 555-0003 the call gets routed to be.  However, the 'i' 
> > extension again does not get triggered, Asterisk refuses the call and the 
> > Telco sends back a "number not in service" message.
> > 
> > If I did NOT have 'i' in there I would agree with this behaviour.  However, 
> > since the extension is invalid, I should be triggering 'i'.
> > 
> > Can anyone refute this logic?  I want to get everyone's opinion before I start 
> > an attempt to fix this.
> 
> Next time try to use ACTUAL stuff from your dialplan. 555-1212 is NOT 
> correct unless your telco is REALLY REALLY WEIRD.  The telco will send 
> 5551212  Telephone numbers do not contain non-numbers.

Look a little closer... he didn't say a thing about 555-1212.
(more coffee?)