[Asterisk-Users] Setting variable for a context for all extensions?

[Rich Adamson]

The following works well with a Sipura spa3k:

exten => 3022,1,SetVar(_ALERT_INFO=bellcore-r3) ; selects Ringer
exten => 3022,2,Dial(SIP/3022,25,r)  ; Sipura spa-3000 fxs port

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> Hi,
> 
> Yes, I tried that, but it didn't work.  I've tried this:
> [contextname]
> RING = r2
> _RING = r2
> __RING = r2
> but nothing worked...
> 
> I did find that if I didn't set
> RING =
> under globals, the variable would actually never get reset between calls!
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Mark
> 
> trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com said:
> > have you tried setting the variable at the begining of the context?
> >
> > [contextname]
> > varname=value
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 08:48 +0200, Mark Wormgoor wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Is it possible to set a variable for a context for all extensions?  I
> >> haven't been able to find it.  I want something like this in
> >> extensions.conf:
> >>
> >> [from-iaxfwd]
> >> exten => .,1,RING=r3
> >> exten => 123456,1,Goto(from-pstn,s,1)
> >>
> >> [from-internal]
> >> exten => .,1,RING=r2
> >> include => ext-local
> >>
> >> [ext-local]
> >> exten => 1,1,Dial(Zap/1,${LONGTIMEOUT})
> >> exten => 2,1,Dial(SIP/2,${LONGTIMEOUT})
> >>
> >> But how do I do this?  I want to change the ring depending on the
> >> starting context.  The above doesn't work.
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >> Mark