[asterisk-users] Alias for country in indications.conf

Mon Apr 23 08:43:02 CDT 2018

Hello Richard!
Thanks very much for your answer! It all makes sense.
I will just duplicated the tones config then!
Thanks again!
Cheers!
Patrick Wakano

On 23 April 2018 at 23:17, Richard Mudgett <rmudgett at digium.com> wrote:

> It looks like any support for "alias" as a tone zone alias feature was
> removed
> back in 2009 (in git commit 4ec301360cdd84be911b06cd0adda2459d66bc6e) as
> part of a code cleanup likely because alias was poorly conceived and didn't
> work.  What you have done by defining "alias" now is to define a tone event
> called alias with a tone cadence of "gb".
>
> Richard
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 1:08 AM, Patrick Wakano <pwakano at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello list,
>> Hope you all doing fine!
>> I've tried to use the 'alias' directive in the indications.conf file but
>> apparently it doesn't work....
>> It looks like maybe this feature was removed, because old sample for the
>> indications.conf file have example using the alias parameter, but newer
>> samples don't have it anymore.... also I couldn't find any ticket saying
>> this parameter was deprecated.... Anyway when trying to use it, it doesn't
>> work..... Anyone aware of some change related to this?
>> I am using Asterisk 13.6.0 and have this in indications.conf:
>> [uk]
>> *alias = gb*
>> description = United Kingdom
>> ringcadence = 400,200,400,2000
>> ; These are the official tones taken from BT SIN350. The actual tones
>> ; used by BT include some volume differences so sound slightly different
>> ; from Asterisk-generated ones.
>> dial = 350+440
>> ; Special dial is the intermittent dial tone heard when, for example,
>> ; you have a divert active on the line
>> specialdial = 350+440/750,440/750
>> ; Busy is also called "Engaged"
>> busy = 400/375,0/375
>> ; "Congestion" is the Beep-bip engaged tone
>> congestion = 400/400,0/350,400/225,0/525
>> ; "Special Congestion" is not used by BT very often if at all
>> specialcongestion = 400/200,1004/300
>> unobtainable = 400
>> ring = 400+450/400,0/200,400+450/400,0/2000
>> callwaiting = 400/100,0/4000
>> ; BT seem to use "Special Call Waiting" rather than just "Call Waiting"
>> tones
>> specialcallwaiting = 400/250,0/250,400/250,0/250,400/250,0/5000
>> ; "Pips" used by BT on payphones. (Sounds wrong, but this is what BT
>> claim it
>> ; is and I've not used a payphone for years)
>> creditexpired = 400/125,0/125
>> ; These two are used to confirm/reject service requests on exchanges that
>> ; don't do voice announcements.
>> confirm = 1400
>> switching = 400/200,0/400,400/2000,0/400
>> ; This is the three rising tones Doo-dah-dee "Special Information Tone",
>> ; usually followed by the BT woman saying an appropriate message.
>> info = 950/330,0/15,1400/330,0/15,1800/330,0/1000
>> ; Not listed in SIN350
>> record = 1400/500,0/60000
>> stutter = 350+440/750,440/750
>>
>> The CLI shows Asterisk definitely understood the 'alias' parameter:
>> CLI> indication show uk
>> Country Indication      PlayList
>> =====================================
>> uk      <ringcadence>   400,200,400,2000
>> *uk      alias           gb*
>> uk      dial            350+440
>> uk      specialdial     350+440/750,440/750
>> uk      busy            400/375,0/375
>> uk      congestion      400/400,0/350,400/225,0/525
>> uk      specialcongesti 400/200,1004/300
>> uk      unobtainable    400
>> uk      ring            400+450/400,0/200,400+450/400,0/2000
>> uk      callwaiting     400/100,0/4000
>> uk      specialcallwait 400/250,0/250,400/250,0/250,400/250,0/5000
>> uk      creditexpired   400/125,0/125
>> uk      confirm         1400
>> uk      switching       400/200,0/400,400/2000,0/400
>> uk      info            950/330,0/15,1400/330,0/15,1800/330,0/1000
>> uk      record          1400/500,0/60000
>> uk      stutter         350+440/750,440/750
>>
>> But the dialplan execution causes this:
>> ERROR[20778][C-00000006]: func_channel.c:661 func_channel_write_real:
>> Unknown country code '*gb*' for tonezone. Check indications.conf for
>> available country codes.
>>
>> Any info is much appreciated!
>> Cheers,
>> Patrick Wakano
>>
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