[asterisk-users] How to Dial a number with Sangoma PRI card?

[yusuf]

Mario,

try ChanIsAvail(Zap/1-1)

but when you dial, its Zap/1/${EXTEN}

HTH

Mario wrote:
> ysuf,
> 
> that's exactly what I'm doing (in Python instead of PHP, but that 
> doesn't matter). However, my question is: should I ask if ZAP/1 is 
> available or if  ZAP/1-1 is available? For example:
> 
>    ChanIsAvail(Zap/1&Zap/2&Zap/3)
> 
> or
> 
>    ChanIsAvail(Zap/1-1&Zap/1-2&Zap/1-3)
> 
> And, once discovered which channel is available, which form of Dial 
> should I use? Should I say:
> 
>    Dial(Zap/2/1234)
> 
> or
> 
>    Dial(Zap/1-2/1234)
> 
> yusuf wrote:
> 
>> hi,
>>
>> I did it like this:
>> I wrote a PHP AGI script, that I call from the dial plan.
>> In the AGI I check
>>
>>  fwrite(STDOUT,"CHANNEL STATUS $currchan \n");
>>         fflush(STDOUT);
>>
>> where currchan is ZAP/1 for instance.  It returns whether the channel 
>> is used.  I then pass this back as a variable back to dial plan, and I 
>> use that variable to dial.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Mario wrote:
>>
>>> That's ok if I want to dial through a group. But, for my specific 
>>> requirements, I need to dial through a specific channel. I even need 
>>> to use the ChanIsAvail application to discover which channels are 
>>> available.
>>>
>>> Thus, without using a group, which is the correct way to dial through 
>>> a PRI?
>>>
>>>
>>> Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote:
>>>
>>>> I dial using groups.  Dial(Zap/g1/1234)
>>>>  
>>>> I'm pretty sure this was taken off of the examples on the Sangoma 
>>>> website.
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> On 9/19/06, *Mario* <mgnospam at fgasoftware.com 
>>>> <mailto:mgnospam at fgasoftware.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     I have a Sangoma PRI card configured for E1 line (i.e. 30+1
>>>>     channels per
>>>>     port) and I'm not quite sure on how the Dial command should
>>>>     performed.
>>>>
>>>>     I'm using the standard Dial command as if it were a Zap channel.
>>>>     For example
>>>>
>>>>        Dial(Zap/1/1234) ; Dial 1234 using channel 1 on port 1
>>>>        Dial(Zap/32/1234) ; Dial 1234 using channel 1 on port 2 (i.e. 
>>>> 32nd
>>>>     zapata entry)
>>>>
>>>>     Most often than not this works, but sometimes the call fails. 
>>>> However,
>>>>     reading the Asterisk docs, it says that to dial using a PRI card I
>>>>     should use, instead, the following command:
>>>>
>>>>        Dial(Zap/1-1/1234) ; Dial using channel 1 on port 1
>>>>        Dial(Zap/2-1/1234) ; Dial using channel 1 on port 2
>>>>
>>>>     Which one is correct? Should I dial Zap/32 or Zap/2-1 to go
>>>>     through the
>>>>     1st channel on port 2?
>>>>
>>>>     I'm scared of changing my whole dial plan and then discover that,
>>>>     occasionally, things do not work as expected.
>>>>
>>>>     Please, can someone who has used Sangoma PRI card help me? My
>>>>     Zapata.conf is set as if we had 60+ channels (something similar to
>>>>     this):
>>>>
>>>>        context = my_context
>>>>        group = 1
>>>>        [snip...]
>>>>        signalling = pri_cpe
>>>>        switchtype = euroisdn
>>>>        channel => 1-15, 17-31 ; Same, up to channel 62
>>>>



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thanks,
yusuf

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