[asterisk-users] Re: 'h' extension and which one applies?

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Tony Mountifield wrote:
> In article <45C7FC57.7070302 at fnords.org>,
> Eric \"ManxPower\" Wieling <eric at fnords.org> wrote:
>> Steve Davies wrote:
>>> I have a problem understanding which 'h' (hangup) extension is used in
>>> which case - It seems to vary depending on channel type. 
>> It doesn't.  It depends on which side of the call hangs up.  "h" is 
>> executed when the callER hangs up.
>>
>> If you want to handle instances of the callEE hanging up, then look at 
>> the "g" option to Dial().  "show application dial"
> 
> That's not my experience, and I've just tried it again to confirm.
> 
> Say I have two SIP phones, extensions 2000 and 2002, which sip.conf
> puts into context sipphone, and extensions.conf contains:
> 
> [sipphone]
> exten => 2000,1,Dial(SIP/2000)
> exten => 2002,1,Dial(SIP/2002)
> exten => h,1,NoOp(Hangup in context ${CONTEXT})
> 
> I then pick up phone 2000, dial 2002 and pick up 2002 to answer.
> 
> It then doesn't matter which phone I put down, the caller or the callee,
> the 'h' extension gets executed on the calling channel (SIP/2000-xxxxxxxx)
> in BOTH cases.
> 
> I believe that for any channel that is executing in the dialplan, when it
> is hung up, either directly or due to its peer hanging up, it will execute
> the 'h' extension, if any, in whatever is its current context.
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for the original poster of this thread,
> but I wanted to correct Eric's statement.

If you don't use "g" option to Dial then of course it will disconnect 
the callER when the callEE hangs up.