[asterisk-users] sip.conf setvar option

[Marcus Hunger]

So, wouldn't it be great to enable setvar for outgoing calls too?

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Johansson Olle E <oej at edvina.net> wrote:

>
> 28 mar 2008 kl. 13.42 skrev 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.
>
> Well, Jared, but that's the reverse. You stripped out this important
> part:
> " am trying to define it for a peer that's used when making calls
> using the originate ami call, but it seems to not have any effect."
>
> The important thing with your lesson was that SETVAR is only used on
> INCOMING calls from
> devices, not outbound calls TO devices. Using ORIGINATE to call a SIP
> peer, there's no variables
> set from sip.conf.
>
> /O
>
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