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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>What version of Asterisk are you using?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>I think this might be related to an issue that was resolved in
version 1.4.27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/asterisk-1.4.27-summary.html">http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/asterisk-1.4.27-summary.html</a>
- look in the list of Closed Items, second one down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><a href="https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=14426">https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=14426</a>
– link to the issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hope that helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dan Journo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ABBAS
SHAKEEL<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 25 November 2009 09:59<br>
<b>To:</b> Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [asterisk-users] ChanIsAvail querry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>We need to know if a channel is not in use and can be used
to dial a number etc.. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I have tried the ChanIsAvail function with different
parameters.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>ie ChanIsAvail(DAHDI/1&DAHDI/2)
,ChanIsAvail(DAHDI/1,s) etc <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>no matter the channel is busy or not it always return 0
. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Please suggest <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>FYI<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> ChanIsAvail(Technology/resource[&Technology2/resource2...][,options]):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>This application will check to see if any of the specified
channels are<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>available.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> Options:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> a - Check for all available channels, not
only the first one.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> s - Consider the channel unavailable if
the channel is in use at all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> t - Simply checks if specified channels
exist in the channel list<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> (implies option s).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>This application sets the following channel variable upon
completion:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> AVAILCHAN - the name of the
available channel, if one exists<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> AVAILORIGCHAN - the canonical channel name that
was used to create the channel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> AVAILSTATUS - the status code for the
available channel<o:p></o:p></p>
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Best Regards<br>
Shakeel Abbas<o:p></o:p></p>
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