[asterisk-users] Peculiar problem with failover provision.

[Logan Bibby]

I think a lot of people leave it out in examples for simplicity's sake. It
doesn't instil proper practices in folks' heads.

- Logan
On Sep 24, 2012 12:06 PM, "Eric Wieling" <EWieling at nyigc.com> wrote:

> You are doing it wrong.  I know 50 bazillion Asterisk dialplan examples on
> the internet do it the same way.  It is still wrong.
>
> When you do a Dial on the dialplan you need check the value of DIALSTATUS
> or HANGUPCAUSE before dialing again.  Both variables will give you some
> indication of why the first call ended.  Then your dialplan logic can
> decide how to proceed.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:
> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Kenyon
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 7:00 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [asterisk-users] Peculiar problem with failover provision.
>
> I have noticed a peculiar problem recently with the way that the failover
> operates in my dialplan.
>
> I normally have:
>
>         1,Dial(SIP/<provider-1>/extension)
>         n,Dial(SIP/<provider-2>/extension)
>
> (or something similar).
>
> This has up until now worked flawlessly.
>
> If there is an error with the first provider, the call is completed with
> the second one.
>
> Now, what is happening is, if the remote party hags up first, then the
> call progresses to the next priority and re-dials them.
>
> Is this a change in default behaviour?
> Do I need to add a particular flag / config directive to my dialplan
>
> I am running Asterisk 10.6.0.
>
> Thanks for any help in solving this.
>
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