[asterisk-users] "Reserved" extensions?

[Yuan LIU]

>From: Anselm Martin Hoffmeister <anselm at hoffmeister-online.de>
>
>Am Samstag, den 06.01.2007, 23:02 -0800 schrieb Yuan LIU:
> > I'm creating extensions _*XX.  But whenever I press *0 or *8, Asterisk
> > throws out congestion and hangs up.  I set verbose to 6 and debug to 6, 
>but
> > all Asterisk cares to display in console is
> >     -- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/1-1'
> >     -- Hungup 'Zap/1-1'
> >
> > Are these combinations forbidden?
>
>Check features.conf - there are combinations reserved for transfer etc.
>In my feature.conf, "*0" was reserved for "hangup" (until I commented it
>out).

Got it.  Thanks!  These combos are themselves "features", only implemented 
as dialplans.  So maybe I should learn how to properly create new 
"features".

Yuan Liu

>My personal opinion for dialplans is that they should not use the "*"
>and "#" keys for regular numbers - it just does not feel right. You are
>of course free to differ :-)
>
>BR
>Anselm