[asterisk-users] Substitute Macro() for Gosub in dialplan

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On 11/20/2021 11:51 AM, Richard Reina wrote:
> Since Macro is deprecated I am trying to eliminate it from my diaplan. I
> believe I have successfully done so in the example below.
>
> ; dial an internal extension
> exten => 101,1  Macro(ext,100,Dahdi/15)
>
> TO:
>
> exten => 101,1,Dial(Dahdi/15,30)
>
> So far it seems to work. However I also in my dialplan have call routing
> examples that use macro that I am not able to figure out.
>
> exten => s/5553331111,1,Macro(busy);
>
> TO:
>
> exten => s/5553331111,1,Gosub(subBusy,start,1());
>
> [subBusy]
> exten => s,1,Answer
> exten => s,2,Wait(1)
> exten => s,3,Playtones(480+620/500,0/500)
> exten => s,4,Wait(12)
> exten => s,5,Hangup
>
> However, after reloading the diaplan and calling from the specified number
> I get the error:
>
> Gosub attempted to reach non-existent destination 'subBusy
You are trying to gosub to the extension subBusy,start,1. But you have 
only defined subBusy,s,1.
"s" has no special meaning in a subroutine as it did with Macro. Either 
change start to s or s to start.