[asterisk-users] GROUP() issues for me

[Julian Lyndon-Smith]

try

Nicholas Blasgen wrote:
> I've got a macro that tries to find the first available SIP trunk to send
> outgoing calls on.  It tracks the usage of the lines (since each trunk has a
> call-limit of 2) by using GROUP().  My problem is that once a call switched
> to ANSWER state, ``group show channels`` stops listing it and then my Macro
> starts screwing up because it's sending calls to a line that sometimes is
> full even though GROUP() shows it as being less than 2.  I'm tempted to send
> this to the Asterisk Dev team just because I believe it's an issue of the
> GROUP information being released when Asterisk consolidates the channels
> (removes all the MASQ channels) once the call is answered.  But maybe it's
> something else so I'll ask here first.
> 
> The dialplan setup:
> 
> exten => 555,1,Dial(Local/1234567890)

exten => 555,1,Dial(Local/1234567890/n)

note the /n

> exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,1,Macro(which-line,${EXTEN})
> 
> [macro-which-line]
> exten => s,1,set(GROUP()=${DIALSTRING})
> exten => s,n,Dial(${DIALSTRING}/1${ARG1})
> Things are a bit more complex, but it's all just logic.  The extensions
> above should give a decent representation of what's going on.  I think each
> time you switch extensions, Asterisk creates a MASQ channel and that's
> what's causing the issue since the GROUP() is set only at the end, inside
> the macro.  Are there any EVENTS for unlocking of GROUPs?  Anything I can do
> to better show where this is happening?
> 
> I'd love some help if anyone has a guess.

that's my guess

Julian

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