[asterisk-users] Simple(?) dialplan question.

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Gordon Henderson wrote:

> 
> It's easy to do in dialplan - you just need to know the status codes 
> returned by Dial (and hope that sipgate return the correct codes too)

Not just Sipgate: I've got an account with CallCentric and a BT line to deal
with too...

> 
> You can simply:
> 
>    exten => _0.,n,Goto(${DIALSTATUS})
> 
> (before the playback)
> 
> Use the labels as the destinations - eg.
> 
>    exten => _0.,n(BUSY),Noop()
>    exten => _0.,n(CONGESTION),Noop()

I've never seen that before, does that definitely work in 1.4.x? If so,
cool...

> 
> then you could at this point, insert a Wait(1) then a Goto 
> back to your 
> Dial line.
> 
> See the helpfile on the Dial command for all possible status 
> messages - 
> ie.
> 
>      DIALSTATUS   - This is the status of the call:
>                     CHANUNAVAIL | CONGESTION | NOANSWER | 
> BUSY | ANSWER | CANCEL
>                     DONTCALL | TORTURE | INVALIDARGS
> 

Thanks, I'll give that a go.


> Does sipgate let you change outgoing caller ID these days now?

No - it's a legacy left over from when I hoped it would let me do it..... I
just haven't got around to removing it yet.

Cheers,
Ade.