Hello,
AFAIK Hints are used for looking out for a device state before actually
doing anything. Hints can be used from Dial-plan, AMI, or AGI. An example
can be to look for state of a SIP user.

Read these links for better understanding.

http://www.smartvox.co.uk/astfaq_subscribe_hints.htm
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+standard+extensions

Regards,
Sammy.


On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 5:14 PM, virendra bhati <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I did some google and found some documents on that and finally I got some
> response from asterisk . Below is the CLI output of my google.
>
> *haddock8-astrx*CLI> core show hint 2218
>                    2218@bhati-subscribe     : SIP/2218
> State:Idle            Watchers  0
> 1 hint matching extension 2218
>   == Using SIP RTP CoS mark 5
>     -- Executing [222@bhati-test:1] NoOp("SIP/2218-000002c3", " Call from
> Gtalk ") in new stack
>     -- Executing [222@bhati-test:2] NoOp("SIP/2218-000002c3", "Hint for
> Extension 2218 is ") in new stack
>     -- Executing [222@bhati-test:3] Set("SIP/2218-000002c3",
> "CALLERID(name)="From Google Talk"") in new stack
>     -- Executing [222@bhati-test:4] Wait("SIP/2218-000002c3", "10") in
> new stack
>
> haddock8-astrx*CLI> core show hint 2218
>                    2218@bhati-subscribe     : SIP/2218
> State:InUse           Watchers  0
> 1 hint matching extension 2218
>
>     -- Executing [222@bhati-test:5] Dial("SIP/2218-000002c3",
> "SIP/my_sip_phones") in new stack
>   == Using SIP RTP CoS mark 5
> [Dec  6 17:39:38] WARNING[6689]: chan_sip.c:5331 create_addr: No such
> host: my_sip_phones
> [Dec  6 17:39:38] WARNING[6689]: app_dial.c:1747 dial_exec_full: Unable to
> create channel of type 'SIP' (cause 20 - Unknown)
>   == Everyone is busy/congested at this time (1:0/0/1)
>     -- Auto fallthrough, channel 'SIP/2218-000002c3' status is
> 'CHANUNAVAIL'
>     -- Executing [h@bhati-test:1] NoOp("SIP/2218-000002c3", "hangup the
> call now") in new stack
> haddock8-astrx*CLI> core show hint 2218
>                    2218@bhati-subscribe     : SIP/2218             State:Idle
> Watchers  0
> 1 hint matching extension 2218
> *
> *Is this the right way to use HINT of asterisk ?*
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:38 PM, virendra bhati <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I read about the *Hint* in asterisk. I want to implements into my server
>> for testing purpose. How to use it ?  please help me...
>>
>> --
>>
>> Thanks and regards
>>
>>  Virendra Bhati
>> +91-8885268942
>> Software Engineer
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> Thanks and regards
>
>  Virendra Bhati
> +91-8885268942
> Software Engineer
>
>
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