[Asterisk-Users] s / i extension difficulty

[Maxim Vexler]

On 6/29/06, Tyler Retzlaff <rtr at softelsystems.com.au> wrote:
> I'm having some difficulty with s extensions.  For some reason they
> don't seem to be matching anything.
>
> The documentation says that The "s" extension is used when there is
> no known called number in the context used.
> I must be misinterpreting what this means.  I take this to mean that
> if the extension dialed does not match any other
> extension defined in the context then the s extension is used.
>
> So I have.
>
> [incoming-sip]
> exten => s,1,Answer
> exten => s,n,Playback(enter-ext-of-person)
> exten => s,n,Hangup
>
> exten => 522,1,Answer
> exten => 522,n,Playback(enter-ext-of-person)
> exten => 522,n,Hangup
>
> If I dial 522 I get the incoming-sip context I hear the playback as
> expected.
> If I dial 523 (an extension that isn't matched) I just get a 404 not
> found, but I expected to get the playback.
>
> How is the s extension matched? (asterisk 1.2.9.1)
> Have I misinterpreted how the s extension is matched?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tyler
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You might want to check pattern matching :
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+Dialplan+Patterns
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Cheers,
Maxim Vexler

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