[asterisk-users] What does reason 8 for failure means in Manager

[Richard Lyman]

Sanjay Rajdev wrote:
> I tried to call a number on the ZAP channel through manager,  I got an 
> Unknown reason for failure, with the following Originate Response.
>
> Event:    OriginateResponse
> Privilege:    call,all
> Response:    Failure
> Channel:    Zap/G0/XXXXXXXX
> Context:    callback
> Exten:    6563
> Reason:    8
> Uniqueid :    NULL  
> CallerID :   1234
> CallerIDNum:    1234
> CallerIDName:    ABCD
>
> Can anyone Please let me know what does Reason 8 means here.
> I tried to place the same call using the SIP phone that I have and it 
> worked just fine.
>
> Most of the time calls just go through fine, but sometime it fails, 
> although the number dialed is correct.
grep "AST_CONTROL" <insert path to your asterisk source 
code>/include/asterisk/frame.h

#define AST_CONTROL_HANGUP              1
#define AST_CONTROL_RING                2
#define AST_CONTROL_RINGING             3
#define AST_CONTROL_ANSWER              4
#define AST_CONTROL_BUSY                5
#define AST_CONTROL_TAKEOFFHOOK         6
#define AST_CONTROL_OFFHOOK             7
#define AST_CONTROL_CONGESTION          8
#define AST_CONTROL_FLASH               9
#define AST_CONTROL_WINK                10
#define AST_CONTROL_OPTION              11
#define AST_CONTROL_RADIO_KEY           12
#define AST_CONTROL_RADIO_UNKEY         13
#define AST_CONTROL_PROGRESS            14
#define AST_CONTROL_PROCEEDING          15
#define AST_CONTROL_HOLD                        16
#define AST_CONTROL_UNHOLD                      17
#define AST_CONTROL_VIDUPDATE           18

An '8' would be a congestion.