[Asterisk-Users] s, h, t, etc, extensions?

[Brian West]

On a side note.. you can't use exten => h, if you have any hope of getting
accurate billing info.  Its wise to call ResetCDR(w) in your exten => h,
or not use it at all.

bkw

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Steven Critchfield wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 16:57, Rich Adamson wrote:
> > I'm in the process of reworking my dialplan to include an ivr and
> > other items. I've seen several examples over the last several months
> > that mention the "s", "h", "t" (and probably others) extensions, but
> > I don't fully understand what they are used for. Can someone either
> > give a short definition of each or point me towards some doc?
>
> s = Start. Used primarily for dialplans that enter a context with no
> other extension information. Think of a non DID phone line, call comes
> in, and we may only know that the line is ringing and nothing else. Even
> if you knew callerid, you have to still have a place to start. You can
> also think about s as a place to place part of the dialplan that you
> don't want callers to get back to unless they have passed through other
> functions.
>
> t = Timeout. Used for when calls have been inactive after a prompt was
> played. Also used to hang up a line that has been idle.
>
> h = Hangup. Used to clean up a call. Could be used to play a goodbye
> message before hanging up. Also seemingly used by the calling card
> people to record end of call for billing purposes.
>
> --
> Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>
>
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