[asterisk-users] Debugging dialplan

[Steve Edwards]

Please don't top post.

> Am 29. Mai 2015 09:42:55 MESZ, schrieb Luca Bertoncello 
> <lucabert at lucabert.de>:

>> Zitat von jg <webaccounts173 at jgoettgens.de>:

>>> Yes, it is called "core set verbose 42", the other options is "core 
>>> set debug 42".  Enjoy the show!

I know you can specify a level to the verbose application, but is anything 
in Asterisk 'hard-coded' for debug or verbose above 6? (And yes, I know 
the significance of '42' in pop culture.)

>> OK, thanks, but with this option I can just debug what happens if I 
>> call an extension right now... I'd like to have a command to ask 
>> Asterisk how it will handle a call...

You can use the 'dialplan' command to get a clue. For example, I have this 
context in a dialplan:

; meetme-star-menu
; 1 say private meeting number
; 3 enter private room
; 456 go to the admin menu
[meetme-star-menu](h,s)
         exten = i,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}!${ANI}])
         exten = i,n,                    goto(enter-room,s,1)
         exten = t,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}!${ANI}])
         exten = t,n,                    goto(enter-room,s,1)
; say private meeting number
         exten = 1,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}!${ANI}])
         exten = 1,n,                    saydigits(${PRIVATE-CODE})
         exten = 1,n,                    goto(enter-room,s,1)
; enter private room
         exten = 3,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}!${ANI}])
         exten = 3,n,                    goto(private-lounge,s,1)
; admin functions
         exten = _[456],1,               verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}!${ANI}])
         exten = _[456],n,               gotoif($["TRUE" = "${ADMIN}"] ?meetme-star-admin-menu,${EXTEN},1)
         exten = _[456],n,               goto(enter-room,s,1)

I can ask Asterisk what happens if the caller enters '5' like:

joy10:joy:08:50:18> dialplan show 5 at meetme-star-menu
[ Context 'meetme-star-menu' created by 'pbx_config' ]
   '_[456]' =>       1. verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}!${ANI}])    [pbx_config]
                     2. gotoif($["TRUE" = "${ADMIN}"] ?meetme-star-admin-menu,${EXTEN},1) [pbx_config]
                     3. goto(enter-room,s,1)                       [pbx_config]

If I ask what happens if a caller enters 7, I get:

joy10:joy:08:51:42> dialplan show 7 at meetme-star-menu
There is no existence of 7 at meetme-star-menu extension

In which case, I could ask what Asterisk will do with an invalid 
extension:

joy10:joy:08:52:19> dialplan show i at meetme-star-menu
[ Context 'meetme-star-menu' created by 'pbx_config' ]
   'i' =>            1. verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}!${ANI}])    [pbx_config]
                     2. goto(enter-room,s,1)                       [pbx_config]

Note the format of my verbose() arguments. It makes it easy to 
'cut-n-paste' in a 'dialplan show' command.

-- 
Thanks in advance,
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