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

[Jonathan Thurman]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 9:37 AM, bruce bruce <bruceb444 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. I have been checking those two options. Would you be
> able to provide an example of how GROUP or GROUP_COUNT may check for a trunk
> usuage?

Here is how I do it.  It is based on Asterisk 1.6.1.x, and I created a
generic sub-routine to call for limiting trunks to a specific number
of calls.  The code is documented, so it should give you a good idea
of how to use it.

http://thurmantech.com/node/7

-Jonathan


>From what I see is that you have to assing certain routes a group
> and then count the group, but how I do include a trunk in the group?
> Thanks
>
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Steve Edwards <asterisk.org at sedwards.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 29 May 2010, bruce bruce wrote:
>>
>> > 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:
>>
>> Using the GROUP/GROUP_COUNT functions in the dialplan is a better way.
>>
>> Using system() will mean creating a bunch of processes (each
>> sed/awk/cut/etc command).
>>
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