[asterisk-users] Channel failover

[Tim Nelson]

----- "Jack Bates" <ms419 at freezone.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 08:46:39AM +0100, Steve Howes wrote:
> > On 4 May 2010, at 03:44, Jack Bates wrote:
> > > We recently got VoIP, so when we make a call, Asterisk should
> first try
> > > to make the call with VoIP, but in case either our VoIP or our
> internet
> > > service are down, Asterisk should then try to make the call with
> our old
> > > school analog phone line
> > 
> > Well, first you try to dial it with the VoIP line.. Then the
> analogue one...
> > So you just put the two dial commands on separate lines..
> 
> Thanks Steve - but wouldn't this mean that when the person we called
> hangs up,
> Asterisk will call them again, with the analog phone line?
> 

When the call hangs up, you're no longer in the same context. Your dialplan for the 'h' context would then apply.

--Tim