[asterisk-users] Dialplan Gurus? Can Asterisk 1.4x CHANNEL function be used to retrieve info about OTHER channels?

Tue Jun 22 15:31:38 CDT 2010

Thanks for the input. If this is doable via Asterisk AMI why not through
dial-plan? I mean it only makes sense to be possible through dial-plan where
all access is given as well just like the AMI. Am I wrong with this?

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Elliot Otchet <
elliot.otchet at callingcircles.com> wrote:

>  Get it via the AMI.  If you’re already using PHPAGI, it is trivial to get
> this data.  You can even find an example of how to call “sip show peers” and
> output the resulting response.  You avoid using the (-rx) and you get the
> data you were looking for.
>
>
>
> http://phpagi.sourceforge.net/phpagi2/docs/phpAGI/AGI_AsteriskManager.html
>
>
>
> <other thoughts>If you’re already using PHPAGI often on a busy system, you
> might want to get more ram, use fastagi to move the PHP load to another
> system, or take Steve Edward’s standard advice and rewrite it in C.  </other
> thoughts>
>
>
>
> -Elliot
>
>
>
> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:
> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *bruce bruce
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:32 PM
> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Dialplan Gurus? Can Asterisk 1.4x CHANNEL
> function be used to retrieve info about OTHER channels?
>
>
>
> Thanks Tiago and Tzafrir. I agree with the heavy load that Tzafrir
> mentioned. I already made a phpagi that does a system() for asterisk -rx and
> it's not very responsive at time.
>
>
>
> So what is the solution guys?
>
>
>
> You see, I only want to know if g729 is being used because I want to
> determine if a trunk is being used or not. Now, don't be hasty and suggest
> GROUP_COUNT to me as I can not use that because I can only see the calls by
> "sip show peers" or "core show channels" and "group show channels" doesn't
> show me any channels because I do not have control over the calls place as
> they are placed by A2Billing.
>
>
>
> Any more Gurus want to weigh in more?
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:25:29AM +0100, Tiago Geada wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > If it was me, I would create a bash script calling asterisk -vrx "core
> show
> > commands"
> >
> > something like:
> >
> > for chan in $(asterisk -vrx "core show channels concise");
> > do
> > asterisk -vrx "core show channel $(echo $chan|cut -d \! -f1)"|grep -i
> > native;
> > done
>
> The overhead of each 'asterisk -rx' command is noticable. If you have 10
> calls or more, this can have an odd effect.
>
> Not to mention that the fact that it is so slow exposes its raciness[1].
>
>
> >
> > On 21 June 2010 16:08, bruce bruce <bruceb444 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > >
> > > I want to know if a specific codec type is used at least one. For
> example,
> > > I want to know if out of the 100 calls on the system if there is a 1
> channel
> > > that is running G.729 codec right now. If using dial-plan and I dial
> in, I
> > > can use this to obtain information about CURRENT channel. But it won't
> allow
> > > me to obtain information about OTHER channels and that is what I want
> to do.
> > > I want a search for all channels and an output spit out as g729 or TRUE
> or
> > > FALSE if there is a g729 channel.
> > >
> > > exten => s,1,Answer()
> > > exten => s,n,Set(foo=${CHANNEL(audioreadformat)})
> > > exten => s,n,NoOp(${foo})
> > >
> > > Above ^^^^ NoOp spits out g729 if I call in with a g729 codec. But I
> want that to be about other channels and not the one I am calling into.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Bruce
>
> [1] Which should naturally be fixed using locks :-)
>
>
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