That is very creative way to get to where I want to be ... I would not have thought of that angle ... I will give this a try ... Thanks ...
G.Hendershot -----Original Message----- From: Tim St. Pierre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 10:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Can QUEUE member be assigned from a GlobalVar set in EXTENSIONS.CONF? Here's an idea. Set up static queues that go to named extensions using the Local channel, at a specified context. In this context, specify your mappings using the global variables Ie. ; Queue member => Local/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ;Extensions.conf [globals] TECHSUPPORT=SIP/5101 SALES=SIP/5102 [support-people] exten => techsupport,1,Dial(${TECHSUPPORT}|20t) exten => techsupport,2,Voicemail(${TECHSUPPORT}|su) exten => sales,1,Dial(${SALES}|20t) exten => sales,2,Voicemail(${SALES}|su) This sets all the variables within extensions.conf, and uses the local channel to translate the placeholders. I haven't tried it, but it should work in theory. On September 1, 2006 17:52, Gary G. Hendershot wrote: > what I would like to do is set some global variables in > EXTENSIONS.CONF then read the contents of these to use as "members" of > a QUEUE in QUEUES.CONF ... > > example: (from [global] section of extensions.conf) > > TECH-SUPPORT=SIP/5000 ; set value of TECH-SUPORT to be SIP/5000 > > example: (from [tech-support] queues.conf] > > member => ${TECH-SUPPORT} > > > my intent here is have a central location where I can easily > assign/change members of the queue. > > Should this work ??? I have tried it and it dont seem too but then I > have done something stupid in my syntax. I have confrmed that the > ${TECH-SUPPORT} variable is assigned properly, is available and works > as expected within EXTENSIONS.CONF, but it seems it cant be used in > QUEUE.CONF. > > The agents scenario will not work for my application as it is a small > 5 person shop where everyone wears 5 hats. There really are no > dedicated agents and my users would object to having to logon/logoff and so on. > > I can of course "hard wire" the QUEUES.CONF with the values, have > tried this and it works fine! I was just looking for lazy way to > manage it. Any ideas on this would be appreciated. > > Regards > > G.Hendershot -- Tim St. Pierre IP telephony specialist sip://[EMAIL PROTECTED] Toronto: 647 722 6930 Toll-Free 1 888 488 6940 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users