[Asterisk-Users] hint on Zap channels

[Francesco Peeters (Asterisk)]

On Fri, December 16, 2005 16:39, Kevin P. Fleming said:
> C F wrote:
>> Kevin, I'm not sure this would work here, but maybe it would.
>> There was a bug posted about being able to use hint against local
>> channels, would that not help him?
>>
>> http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=5779&nbn=4
>
> No, the issue is that multiple ISDN devices are not distinct channels as
> far as Asterisk is concerned; they are all 'Zap/1' with different
> extensions behind that channel.
>
> This is the same question as asking 'if I have a PRI connected to my
> Panasonic PBX, can I use hints for all the extensions on that PBX'. It
> won't work in Asterisk, because it's not aware of the actual endpoints,
> only the channel that connects to them.
>

I personally think this is a fault in (*). (Or rather Zaptel)

Because there is such a thing as ISDN, I think it should be able to
recognize separate channels for DIDs...
Both internal and external ZAP channels should be able to recognise the
different DID/CID/CLID as separate identifiable endpoints. That way you
can chose a 'channel' and have (*) use the correct CID/CLID.

When doing extensions it should dial it, when doing outbound the chosen
channel could define which MSN/CLID to use, inbound the DID would define
the channel. (Just like the way it does now for the channels/extensions,
but for ISDN just dialing Zap/1 won't do the trick... You'll need to dial
Zap/1/2020 to get the ISDN phone with MSN 2020)

Just my EUR 0,02

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