[asterisk-users] Best way to limit outgoing calls per trunk

[Jonathan Thurman]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:02 PM, bruce bruce <bruceb444 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I am looking to use System() function along with some bash scripting to
> determine if a Trunk is being used during certain time of the day or not.
> Here is what I have in mind. Please guide me if you know a better way:

I don't know what version you are running, but check out GotoIfTime.
I use it frequently for office hours.  GROUP, and GROUP_COUNT can help
with limiting on a trunk too

> exten => s,1,answer
> exten => s,n,System(/tmp/check.sh)

exten => _X.,n,GotoIfTime(7:30-16:30,mon-fri,*,*?multicall)  ; Within
this time, go to the label 'multicall'
<code to limit to one call>
exten => _X.,n(multicall),Verbose(3,We can call more than once)
<code to call multiple times)

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+GotoIfTime
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+func+group


> check.sh:
> check EPOCH time => do an IF for certain times => Allow mutiple calls in
> certain times and only single call at certain times
> return back to Asterisk context and report if Trunk would allow more
> channels or not...
> Something along those lines. Should this be a solid thing to do? I am
> looking to use GotoIF and `asterisk -rx "sip show channels"` to grab results
> or `asterisk -rx "core show channels"`
> Thanks
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