[Asterisk-Users] Reverse group in zapata.conf

[Michael Collins]

> Hey all,
> 
> I have a situation where I have 8 lines from the phone company in a
hunt
> group coming in to my asterisk box.  These are the same lines I'm
using
> for outgoing calls ( named g0 ).
> 
> The problem arises when someone dials our number at the same time
> asterisk tries to put a call out on one of the zap channels in the g0
> group.  This has happened twice that I know of so far, once to myself.
> Asterisk opens the line before it's answered, and tries to dial.  This
> has the effect of connecting the outside caller to the dialing party,
> which is the problem.
> 
> My rather messy solution would be to have a reverse 'group' command in
> my zapata.conf file.  So if I try dialing out on g1 ( my reverse
group,
> 24-17 ), it starts at the top and works it's way down.  Meanwhile, my
> external hunt group would still ring normally ( 17-24 ), thus
minimizing
> the potential for conflict to a level that I'm comfortable with.
> 
> Is this possible?  If it isn't, I plan to reverse the order in which
the
> lines are connected to my * box, having the same effect ( with no
> configuration changes.  :) ).  Anybody have any advice why I shouldn't
> do this either?  Any other suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sean Kennedy

Sean, what is your dial command?  I believe that if you use capital G0
instead of lowercase g0 then the dial out will start at the bottom of
the hunt group and work it's way up, that is, it will start with line
number 8, then 7, etc. while your inbound hunt will start with line 1,
then line 2...

I think it will look like this:
exten => 123,n,Dial(ZAP/G0/2025551212) instead of "Dial(ZAP/g0/...)"

Let us know if that works.  

-MC