[Asterisk-Users] sip channel status - how?

[Peter Fern]

It errors when you ask it for the channel 'test-1' because the parameter 
is the channel name, not the peer name.  I've used 'show channels 
concise' and then parsed the output in the past.

Peter Hoppe wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I have an asterisk setup where several sip devices are connected to an 
> asterisk box. I am looking for a method that lets me know whether any 
> of the sip devices is on hook / off hook / busy etc.
>
> I have tried the AGI command CHANNEL STATUS <channel name> but it 
> returns with a message
>
> 'There is no channel that matches <channel name>'
>
> In concrete terms, my channel is a Grandstream BT 100, and I have 
> configured it as user 'test-1'. But when I query its state I get
>
> 'There is no channel that matches test-1'
>
> When I use test-1 my log shows a device 'test-1-<4-digit-hex-code>', 
> and I suppose that I need the 4-digit-hex code to enable asterisk to 
> find the matching channel with the AGI CHANNEL STATUS command. 
> Unfortunately that number seems to be assigned to a different value 
> whenever the 'test-1' device is used.
>
> Is there any agi (or other fast-agi/eagi/manager/dialplan) command or 
> technique through which I can find the state of my channel 'test-1' 
> without me having to specify the 4-digit-hex-code?
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Peter
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