[asterisk-users] dialling multiple extensions in an internal context

[John F. Ervin]

Can't you handle that by defining an outbound route? set it to hit a 
trunk or set of trunks when the correct dial pattern is detected?

Matthew Pounsett wrote:
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> Hi there.  I've done some googling around to try and find an example  
> of what I'm trying to do, but it's one of those things that just seems  
> hard to find the right terms to search for.  If there's some  
> documentation out there on this, I'd appreciate being pointed in the  
> right direction.   If not, then if someone has some ideas I'd   
> appreciate that too. :)
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> What I'm trying to do is set up some 'special' extensions in my  
> internal context to change variables, or change something else in the  
> session before dialling.  To be clearer, here's an example.  Say I've  
> got this rather simple dial plan:
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> [globals]
> TRUNK1=Zap/1
> TRUNK2=Zap/2
> TRUNK=${TRUNK1}
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> [internal]
> _NXXXXXX,1,Dial(${TRUNK}/${EXTEN})
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> I'd like to add an extension which I can dial before placing the  
> actual call to change which trunk I'm using, like so:
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> *55,1,SetVar(TRUNK=${TRUNK2})
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> The problem is that once that's done, asterisk stops looking for me to  
> dial an extension, and I'm trying to figure out how to get back to the  
> top of the context and have asterisk wait for a new extension to  
> dial.  I've dug through the Asterisk O'Reilly book, and googled around  
> some, but haven't come up with the answer.
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> Thoughts anyone?
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> Thanks,
>    Matt Pounsett
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