[asterisk-users] Using existing extensions.conf macros, and co-habitation

[Philip Prindeville]

I'm trying to set up my extensions.conf file using some of the existing
macros like stdexten, etc. while at the same time having two logically
separate virtual PBX's (with no "default" context) and two trunks coming
into separate contexts, i.e. one for residence and one for my at-home
business.

I noticed, however, that macro-stdexten depends on the "default" context:

[macro-stdexten];
;
; Standard extension macro:
;   ${ARG1} - Extension  (we could have used ${MACRO_EXTEN} here as well)
;   ${ARG2} - Device(s) to ring
;
exten => s,1,Dial(${ARG2},20)					; Ring the interface, 20 seconds maximum
exten => s,2,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1)				; Jump based on status (NOANSWER,BUSY,CHANUNAVAIL,CONGESTION,ANSWER)

exten => s-NOANSWER,1,Voicemail(u${ARG1})		; If unavailable, send to voicemail w/ unavail announce
exten => s-NOANSWER,2,Goto(default,s,1)			; If they press #, return to start

exten => s-BUSY,1,Voicemail(b${ARG1})			; If busy, send to voicemail w/ busy announce
exten => s-BUSY,2,Goto(default,s,1)			; If they press #, return to start

exten => _s-.,1,Goto(s-NOANSWER,1)				; Treat anything else as no answer

exten => a,1,VoicemailMain(${ARG1})


The issue is that I have, per "virtual pbx" (i.e. home or business), two contexts
that these get used from.  The "internal-xyzzy" and "incoming-xyzzy" contexts (one
for each pbx, ie. "xyzzy" is "home" or else it's "office").

I was wondering if there wasn't a more flexible solution to this issue, than
hard-coding a "Goto(default,s,1)" into them (I have no default context, because it
would be meaningless).

Perhaps using "Gosub" and "Return".  Or do I need to hack the macro, and pass in a
3rd argument (bletch)?

Is this doable?

Thanks,

-Philip