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         <h1><a name="Asterisk10Function_CHANNEL-CHANNEL%28%29"></a>CHANNEL()</h1>

<h3><a name="Asterisk10Function_CHANNEL-Synopsis"></a>Synopsis</h3>
<p>Gets/sets various pieces of information about the channel.</p>

<h3><a name="Asterisk10Function_CHANNEL-Description"></a>Description</h3>
<p>Gets/sets various pieces of information about the channel, additional <em>item</em> may be available from the channel driver; see its documentation for details. Any <em>item</em> requested that is not available on the current channel will return an empty string.</p>

<h3><a name="Asterisk10Function_CHANNEL-Syntax"></a>Syntax</h3>
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<pre>CHANNEL(item)</pre>
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<h5><a name="Asterisk10Function_CHANNEL-Arguments"></a>Arguments</h5>
<ul>
        <li><tt>item</tt> - Standard items (provided by all channel technologies) are: <b>chan_sip</b> provides the following additional options: <b>chan_iax2</b> provides the following additional options: <b>chan_dahdi</b> provides the following additional options: <b>chan_ooh323</b> provides the following additional options:
        <ul>
                <li><tt>audioreadformat</tt> - R/O format currently being read.</li>
                <li><tt>audionativeformat</tt> - R/O format used natively for audio.</li>
                <li><tt>audiowriteformat</tt> - R/O format currently being written.</li>
                <li><tt>callgroup</tt> - R/W call groups for call pickup.</li>
                <li><tt>pickupgroup</tt> - R/W call groups for call pickup.</li>
                <li><tt>channeltype</tt> - R/O technology used for channel.</li>
                <li><tt>checkhangup</tt> - R/O Whether the channel is hanging up (1/0)</li>
                <li><tt>language</tt> - R/W language for sounds played.</li>
                <li><tt>musicclass</tt> - R/W class (from musiconhold.conf) for hold music.</li>
                <li><tt>name</tt> - The name of the channel</li>
                <li><tt>parkinglot</tt> - R/W parkinglot for parking.</li>
                <li><tt>rxgain</tt> - R/W set rxgain level on channel drivers that support it.</li>
                <li><tt>secure_bridge_signaling</tt> - Whether or not channels bridged to this channel require secure signaling</li>
                <li><tt>secure_bridge_media</tt> - Whether or not channels bridged to this channel require secure media</li>
                <li><tt>state</tt> - R/O state for channel</li>
                <li><tt>tonezone</tt> - R/W zone for indications played</li>
                <li><tt>transfercapability</tt> - R/W ISDN Transfer Capability, one of:
                <ul>
                        <li><tt>SPEECH</tt></li>
                        <li><tt>DIGITAL</tt></li>
                        <li><tt>RESTRICTED_DIGITAL</tt></li>
                        <li><tt>3K1AUDIO</tt></li>
                        <li><tt>DIGITAL_W_TONES</tt></li>
                        <li><tt>VIDEO</tt></li>
                </ul>
                </li>
                <li><tt>txgain</tt> - R/W set txgain level on channel drivers that support it.</li>
                <li><tt>videonativeformat</tt> - R/O format used natively for video</li>
                <li><tt>trace</tt> - R/W whether or not context tracing is enabled, only available <b>if CHANNEL_TRACE is defined</b>.</li>
                <li><tt>peerip</tt> - R/O Get the IP address of the peer.</li>
                <li><tt>recvip</tt> - R/O Get the source IP address of the peer.</li>
                <li><tt>from</tt> - R/O Get the URI from the From: header.</li>
                <li><tt>uri</tt> - R/O Get the URI from the Contact: header.</li>
                <li><tt>useragent</tt> - R/O Get the useragent.</li>
                <li><tt>peername</tt> - R/O Get the name of the peer.</li>
                <li><tt>t38passthrough</tt> - R/O <tt>1</tt> if T38 is offered or enabled in this channel, otherwise <tt>0</tt></li>
                <li><tt>rtpqos</tt> - R/O Get QOS information about the RTP stream  This option takes two additional arguments:  Argument 1:<br/>
<tt>audio</tt> Get data about the audio stream  <tt>video</tt> Get data about the video stream  <tt>text</tt> Get data about the text stream  Argument 2:<br/>
<tt>local_ssrc</tt> Local SSRC (stream ID)  <tt>local_lostpackets</tt> Local lost packets  <tt>local_jitter</tt> Local calculated jitter  <tt>local_maxjitter</tt> Local calculated jitter (maximum)  <tt>local_minjitter</tt> Local calculated jitter (minimum)  <tt>local_normdevjitter</tt> Local calculated jitter (normal deviation)  <tt>local_stdevjitter</tt> Local calculated jitter (standard deviation)  <tt>local_count</tt> Number of received packets  <tt>remote_ssrc</tt> Remote SSRC (stream ID)  <tt>remote_lostpackets</tt> Remote lost packets  <tt>remote_jitter</tt> Remote reported jitter  <tt>remote_maxjitter</tt> Remote calculated jitter (maximum)  <tt>remote_minjitter</tt> Remote calculated jitter (minimum)  <tt>remote_normdevjitter</tt> Remote calculated jitter (normal deviation)  <tt>remote_stdevjitter</tt> Remote calculated jitter (standard deviation)  <tt>remote_count</tt> Number of transmitted packets  <tt>rtt</tt> Round trip time  <tt>maxrtt</tt> Round trip time (maximum)  <tt>minrtt</tt> Round trip time (minimum)  <tt>normdevrtt</tt> Round trip time (normal deviation)  <tt>stdevrtt</tt> Round trip time (standard deviation)  <tt>all</tt> All statistics (in a form suited to logging, but not for parsing)</li>
                <li><tt>rtpdest</tt> - R/O Get remote RTP destination information.  This option takes one additional argument:  Argument 1:<br/>
<tt>audio</tt> Get audio destination  <tt>video</tt> Get video destination  <tt>text</tt> Get text destination</li>
                <li><tt>dahdi_channel</tt> - R/O DAHDI channel related to this channel.</li>
                <li><tt>dahdi_span</tt> - R/O DAHDI span related to this channel.</li>
                <li><tt>dahdi_type</tt> - R/O DAHDI channel type, one of:
                <ul>
                        <li><tt>analog</tt></li>
                        <li><tt>mfc/r2</tt></li>
                        <li><tt>pri</tt></li>
                        <li><tt>pseudo</tt></li>
                        <li><tt>ss7</tt></li>
                </ul>
                </li>
                <li><tt>keypad_digits</tt> - R/O PRI Keypad digits that came in with the SETUP message.</li>
                <li><tt>reversecharge</tt> - R/O PRI Reverse Charging Indication, one of:
                <ul>
                        <li><tt>-1</tt> - None</li>
                        <li>{{ 1}} - Reverse Charging Requested</li>
                </ul>
                </li>
                <li><tt>no_media_path</tt> - R/O PRI Nonzero if the channel has no B channel. The channel is either on hold or a call waiting call.</li>
                <li><tt>faxdetect</tt> - Fax Detect <span class="error">&#91;R/W&#93;</span> Returns 0 or 1 Write yes or no</li>
                <li><tt>t38support</tt> - t38support <span class="error">&#91;R/W&#93;</span> Returns 0 or 1 Write yes or no</li>
                <li><tt>h323id</tt> - Returns h323id <a href="/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=AST&amp;title=R&amp;linkCreation=true&amp;fromPageId=19005841" class="createlink">R</a></li>
        </ul>
        </li>
</ul>



<h3><a name="Asterisk10Function_CHANNEL-SeeAlso"></a>See Also</h3>


<h3><a name="Asterisk10Function_CHANNEL-ImportVersion"></a>Import Version</h3>
<p>This documentation was imported from Asterisk version SVN-branch-10-r340810.</p>
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