[asterisk-users] Newbie AEL2: Syntax for Hint

[Dave Fullerton]

Lee, John (Sydney) wrote:
> I am struggling to find out how to code hint in AEL2.
> 
> I did hint(Custom:light1) and it keeps complaining about the : (colon).
> It works fine for SIP device like hint(SIP/439).
> 
> Anyone who has tried it before?
> 

I just whipped this up to test and it works for me in 1.4.21.2:

context nightmode {
   // When you dial 1000, toggle the state of Custom:nightmode
   hint(Custom:nightmode) 1000 => {
     NoOP(${DEVSTATE(Custom:nightmode)});
     if (${DEVSTATE(Custom:nightmode)}==UNKNOWN ||
         ${DEVSTATE(Custom:nightmode)}==NOT_INUSE)
       Set(DEVSTATE(Custom:nightmode)=BUSY);
     else
       Set(DEVSTATE(Custom:nightmode)=NOT_INUSE);
   }
}

You'll need the DEVSTATE backport in order to use this example. See the 
links at the bottom of this page:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+func+Devstate

-Dave