<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The command he gave you was in Asterisk. Why do you not want to call it to try it?</div><div><br></div><div>Then you can fail over to the other trunk if the IAX link is down. <br><br><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Kind regards,</span><div><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Matt</span></div></div><div><br>On May 30, 2015, at 2:03 AM, Ashwin Surendran <<a href="mailto:Ashwin.Surendran@now-health.com">Ashwin.Surendran@now-health.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Many Thanks Carlos, I was hoping to check whether the remote server is</span><br><span>available before I issue the dial in my dial plan.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Is there a better way to do it in asterisk without using unix commands?</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Many Thanks,</span><br><span>Ashwin</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 5/30/15, 2:06 AM, "Carlos Chavez" <<a href="mailto:cursor@telecomabmex.com">cursor@telecomabmex.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 5/29/15 1:16 PM, Ashwin Surendran wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I have multiple Asterisk servers in various parts of the world all</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>connected using dedicated VPN¹s.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Each of these servers have iax and dahdi TRUNK configured on them.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Occasionally the VPN¹s fail.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>What I want to be able to do is on my dial plan, use IAX if the asterisk</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>server can reach the remote server using the internet OR, use TRUNK only</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>if it can¹t use IAX.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Any ideas on how this can be implemented on the dial plan?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Check the DIALSTATUS variable to see if the IAX trunk failed and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>then dial via DAHDI.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Dial+Channel+Variables">https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Dial+Channel+Variables</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Telecomunicaciones Abiertas de México S.A. de C.V.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Carlos Chávez</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+52 (55)9116-91161</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_____________________________________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by <a href="http://www.api-digital.com">http://www.api-digital.com</a> --</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>New to Asterisk? 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