[asterisk-users] Better info on call failure

[Joshua Colp]

Nick Olsen wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> Currently, I've got a PBX that is emailing me on call failures to an
> international SIP provider of ours.
> I'm doing this with exten => 1,1,System(mail -s "Call from
> ${CALLERID(num)} to ${DNID} Failed with DialStatus ${DIALSTATUS}"
> nick at flhsi.com < /dev/null)
> This works fine, However it's a little lacking. For Instance,
> Our INTL SIP provider will bounce back SIP status messages if the call
> is rejected. 503 Service unavailable. 6XX over rate limit. 6XX blocked
> destination..etc. Anyone have any ideas about how I might capture that
> and include it in my email. Right now they just all bounce CHANUNAVAIL
> which is expected.

If you are using Asterisk 11 or above you can use the hangup causes 
functionality[1] to get more detail including the protocol specific reason.

Cheers,

[1] https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Hangup+Cause

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Joshua Colp
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