[asterisk-users] sip.conf setvar option

[Jared Smith]

On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 12:30 +0100, Marcus Hunger wrote:
> does anybody know about the setvar option in asterisk's sip.conf. 

Sure!  This is one of my favorite features.

Let's say I have a definition for my phone in sip.conf, and it looks
something like this:

[myphone]
secret=verysecretpassword
type=friend   ; a friend is both a user and a peer
host=dynamic  ; phone will register to Asterisk
disallow=all
allow=gsm     ; first, try to negotiate gsm
allow=ulaw    ; the try ulaw
setvar=MYVAR=blah

Whenever a call comes into Asterisk from this particular phone, Asterisk
will automatically create a channel variable named MYVAR, and ${MYVAR}
will contain the value "blah".  I can then use it for whatever purpose I
see fit within my dialplan.

-- 
Jared Smith
Community Relations Manager
Digium, Inc.