[Asterisk-Users] Picking an open channel (FXO port) for outbound calls

[Brian West]

Setup groups

In your zapata.conf do group=1 before your channels => line.

then Dial(Zap/g1/blah)

bkw

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Tony Kava wrote:

> Greetings:
>
> I did some quick searching of my history of this list, and I tried a quick
> Google search as well, but perhaps someone on the list can quickly answer
> this question.  I have a very nicely working Asterisk system at home with
> two Digium X100P FXO cards.  When my SIP phones want to dial-out I have them
> setup to grab the first analog card (Zap/1) with the following
> extensions.conf segment:
>
> ==== snippet ====
>
> ; Outbound
> exten => _9.,1,Dial(Zap/1/${EXTEN:1},90,Tt)
> exten => _9.,2,Macro(fastbusy)
> exten => _9.,102,Macro(fastbusy)
>
> ==== /snippet ====
>
> Zap/1 and Zap/2 are analog phone lines.  What is the best method of picking
> an open line when someone tries to dial-out? i.e. if Zap/1 is in use how can
> I instruct Asterisk to use Zap/2 and vice versa? I know complex methods of
> making this happen, but I'm sure there is a very simple way to accomplish
> this task.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Tony Kava
> Network Administrator
> Pottawattamie County, Iowa
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