[Asterisk-Users] Splitting Zap channels into trunks?

[Rich Adamson]

Kerry Garrison wrote:
> On a TDM2400 with 3 FXO modules, is there a way to split each line into 
> basically being its own trunk or another way to pull off the following 
> scenerio:
>  
> PBX has 12 inbound PSTN lines
> 1,3,5,7 are the 714 phone number hunt group
> 2,4,6,8 are the 888 phone number hunt group
> 9-12 are fax lines
>  
> Customer wants outbound calls to go out in the following order: 
> 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,12,10,11,9

Asterisk does not have any way to specifically define the order zap 
channels are used for outgoing calls (eg, 8,7,6,5...).

The only reasonable way I can think of is to rearrange the actual pstn 
connections so as to appear in the zap channel order that you want, and 
then use the group= parameter on those channels.

Something like:
move pstn line #8 to zap channel 1 and use group=1
move pstn line #7 to zap channel 2 and use group=1
move pstn line #6 to zap channel 3 and use group=1
etc, etc.

Then send your outbound calls to "g1" or "G1".

The inbound calls on those pstn lines will still follow whatever context 
you define for each zap channel.

R.