[Asterisk-Users] No voice when I dial out

[Ronald Wiplinger]

I can dial from 601 to a public number.
The public number rings. I pickup and hear nothing, while on 601 it keeps ringing.
(BTW, is it right to say "ringing" on the active phone?)

The *CLI>  doesn't show me anything useful:
Executing Macro("SIP/601-8238", "dial-pstn|88097880|") in new stack
Executing SetGlobalVar("SIP/601-8238", "FOUNDME=ANSWER") in new stack
Setting global variable 'FOUNDME' to 'ANSWER'
Executing Dial(SIP/601-8238", "ZAP/4/w88097880|") in new stack
Called 4/w88097880
Zap/4-1 is ringing
Zap/4-1 is ringing
Zap/4-1 is ringing
Hungup 'Zap/4-1'
Spawn extension (macro-dial-pstn, s, 2) exited non-zero on 'SIP/601-8238' in macro 'dial-pstn'
Spawn extension (default, 988097880, 1) exited non-zero on 'SIP/601-8238'
Executing Hangup("SIP/601-8238", "") in new stack
Spawn extension (default, h, 1) exited non-zero on 'SIP/601-8238'



Below is my extension.conf including the macro.


exten => s,1,DigitTimeout,2				; give them 2 seconds between digits
exten => s,2,ResponseTimeout,30				; give them 30 seconds to make a choice
;
;	all numbers starting with '9' are not on our system
;
;	handle outbound local calls - force ZAP trunk
exten => _9N.,1,Macro(dial-pstn,${EXTEN:1},${LONGTIMEOUT})
;
;	handle outbound local emergency numbers (three digits, starting with '1')
exten => _91NN,1,Macro(dial-pstn,${EXTEN:1},${LONGTIMEOUT})
;
;	handle domnastic long distance calls (starting with a '0')
exten => _90X.,1,Macro(dial-pstn,${EXTEN:1},${LONGTIMEOUT})
;
;	handle domnastic toll free calls (starting with a '008')
exten => _9008X.,1,Macro(dial-pstn,${EXTEN:1},${LONGTIMEOUT})
;
;	handle domnastic primary rate calls (starting with a '0204')
exten => _90204X.,1,Congestion
;
exten => i,1,Background(invalid)			; "That's not valid, try again"
exten => i,2,Background(silence/1)
exten => i,3,Goto(s,1)



[macro-dial-pstn];
;
;	This macro will dial out on PSTN line 1 first
;	will use PSTN line 2 if line 1 is in use
;
;	Enter with these
;		ARG1 = <number to dial>
;		ARG2 = <timeout value>
;
;	Returns with FOUNDME = DIALSTATUS
;
;   the 9w dials 9 then waits 0.5 seconds for outside dialtone, needed for dial 9 system only
;
;
exten => s,1,SetGlobalVar(FOUNDME=ANSWER)
exten => s,2,Dial(${PSTN}/w${ARG1},${ARG2})
exten => s,3,NoOp(${DIALSTATUS})
exten => s,4,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1)
;
;	Return here if busy
;
exten => s,103,NoOp(${DIALSTATUS})
exten => s,104,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1)
;
;
exten => s-BUSY,1,BackGround(the-party-you-are-calling)
exten => s-BUSY,2,BackGround(is-curntly-busy)
exten => s-BUSY,3,SetGlobalVar(FOUNDME=BUSY)
exten => s-BUSY,4,Goto(s-CLEANEXIT,1)
;
;
exten => s-CANCEL,1,BackGround(canceled)
exten => s-CANCEL,2,SetGlobalVar(FOUNDME=CANCEL)
exten => s-BUSY,3,Goto(s-CLEANEXIT,1)
;
;
exten => s-CHANUNAVAIL,1,BackGround(channel)
exten => s-CHANUNAVAIL,2,BackGround(is-curntly-unavail)
exten => s-CHANUNAVAIL,3,SetGlobalVar(FOUNDME=CHANUNAVAIL)
exten => s-CHANUNAVAIL,4,Goto(s-CLEANEXIT,1)
;
;
exten => s-CONGESTION,1,BackGround(channel)
exten => s-CONGESTION,2,BackGround(is-curntly-unavail)
exten => s-CONGESTION,3,SetGlobalVar(FOUNDME=CHANUNAVAIL)
exten => s-CONGESTION,4,Goto(s-CLEANEXIT,1)
;
;
exten => s-NOANSWER,1,BackGround(nbdy-avail-to-take-call)
exten => s-NOANSWER,2,SetGlobalVar(FOUNDME=NOANSWER)
exten => s-NOANSWER,3,Goto(s-CLEANEXIT,1)
;
;
exten => s-ANSWER,1,SetGloabalVar(FOUNDME=ANSWER)
exten => s-ANSWER,2,Goto(s-CLEANEXIT,3)
;
;
exten => s-.,1,BackGround(something-terrible-wrong)
exten => s-.,2,NoOp(${DIALSTATUS)
exten => s-.,3,SetGlobalVar(FOUNDME=ERROR)
exten => s-.,4,Goto(s-CLEANEXIT,1)
;
;
exten => s-CLEANEXIT,1,NoOp
exten => s-CLEANEXIT,2,Hangup
exten => s-CLEANEXIT,3,NoOp