[asterisk-users] Do I understand GROUPs correctly?

[Mike]

Ok, that sort of makes sense.  But what I am doing is passing off a call
into my Asterisk system to a cell phone.  I want this to count as 2
"channels".  So, I am doing, in effect, this kind of algo:

Answer the call
Set(Group) to increment channel to 1
Play IVR, go into menus, etc.

Eventually go into a "Set(group) again to increment channel before dialing a
cell phone using a "dial(cellphone#)" cmd.

If that doesn't work, how do I accomplish the same kind of thing elegantly?

Mike
 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Philipp
Kempgen
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:57
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Do I understand GROUPs correctly?

Doug Lytle wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  
>> I was under the impression that Set(GROUP()=1234) incremented some 
>> value associated with 1234.
>>  
>> So if I did the same thing twice, I'd get a group count of 2.
>>  
>> Ex:
>> exten => s,1,Set(GROUP()=1234)
>> exten => s,n,Set(GROUP()=1234)
>> exten => s,n,Noop(Used channels: ${GROUP_COUNT(1234})
> 
> If this is a direct copy/paste then your error is in line 3.  You have 
> a } positioned incorrectly.  My example below:
> 
> exten => _35XX,1,Set(GROUP()=Max_Calls) exten => _35XX,n,NoOP(Active 
> Calls: ${GROUP_COUNT(Max_Calls)})

Apart from that you assign the group 1234 twice to the *same* channel. So
GROUP_COUNT(1234) correctly reports only *1* channel to be in that group.


Regards,
  Philipp

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