[asterisk-users] Dial an extension to modify dialplan

[Marcelo Terres]

https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+13+ManagerAction_DialplanExtensionRemove
Marcelo H. Terres <mhterres at gmail.com>
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On 8 May 2017 at 16:13, Antony Stone
<Antony.Stone at asterisk.open.source.it> wrote:
> On Monday 08 May 2017 at 15:44:47, Marcelo Terres wrote:
>
>> https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+14+ManagerAction_Dialpl
>> anExtensionAdd
>>
>> Is it enough?
>
> Is there a similar call to delete an extension, or to modify an existing one?
>
> On the basis that the OP already has extension 2000 defined, he would need to
> delete this and replace it with a new definition, or alter the current
> definition, to get the required results.
>
> Simply being able to add a new extension to an existing dialplan isn't quite
> enough.
>
>
> Antony.
>
>> On 8 May 2017 at 15:35, Frank Vanoni <mailinglist at linuxista.com> wrote:
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > I have the following scenario:
>> >
>> > [mynicecontext]
>> > exten => 2000,1,Dial(SIP/deviceA&SIP/deviceB&SIP/deviceC)
>> >
>> > As expected, by dialing 2000, all three devices will ring. And that's
>> > fine.
>> > However, there are situations where I only want "deviceA" and "deviceB"
>> > to ring. I would like to have an extension to dial in order to modify
>> > the dialplan.
>> >
>> > Here is what I did...
>> >
>> > In extensions.conf:
>> >
>> > ------ snip -----
>> > [mynicecontext]
>> > #include "ringdevice.conf
>> >
>> > exten => 2000,1,GoTo(ringdevice,ring,1)
>> >
>> > exten => 4000,1,System(/bin/cat /etc/asterisk/twodevices.txt
>> >
>> >> /etc/asterisk/ringdevice.conf)
>> >
>> > exten => 4000,2,Wait(3)
>> > exten => 4000,3,System(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "dialplan reload")
>> > exten => 4000,4,Playback(service&de-activated)
>> >
>> > exten => 4001,1,System(/bin/cat /etc/asterisk/alldevices.txt
>> >
>> >> /etc/asterisk/ringdevice.conf)
>> >
>> > exten => 4001,2,Wait(3)
>> > exten => 4001,3,System(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "dialplan reload")
>> > exten => 4001,4,Playback(service&activated)
>> > ------ end snip -----
>> >
>> > twodevices.txt contains
>> > exten => ring,1,Dial(SIP/deviceA&SIPdeviceB)
>> >
>> > alldevices.txt contains
>> > exten => ring,1,Dial(SIP/deviceA&SIPdeviceB&SIP/deviceC)
>> >
>> > By dialing 4000 or 4001, the dialplan is modified and reloaded
>> > accordingly.
>> >
>> > Is there a better solution?
>> >
>> > Frank
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