Try this link - I think they describe it better than I would http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+standard+extensions
From: virendra bhati [mailto:virbh...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 7:28 AM To: Danny Nicholas Subject: Re: How to use Hints in asterisk thank you Danny, I want to know how to configure HINT in dialplan. please give me some clue about it On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Danny Nicholas <da...@debsinc.com> wrote: I'm sure this is "overly generic" but AFAIK DEVICE_STATE is for use with the active dialplan and HINT can be used in the dialplan or externally with AMI/AGI, etc. From: virendra bhati [mailto:virbh...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 6:57 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion; Danny Nicholas Cc: Sammy Govind Subject: Re: How to use Hints in asterisk Hi All, If you used DEVICE_STATE function then there is no need to used HINT it work independently. It's not become to confusion for me how to when to used HINT and when DEVICE_STATE ? On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:20 PM, virendra bhati <virbh...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi All, Below bold application gives the correct information with asterisk HINT function. exten => 222,1,NoOp( Call from Gtalk ) same => n,NoOp(My phone state is currently ${DEVICE_STATE(SIP/2218)}) same => n,Set(CALLERID(name)="From Google Talk") same => n,Wait(10) same => n,Dial(SIP/my_sip_phones) Spatially thanks for Sammy who give me the way to get success on that way. On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Sammy Govind <govoi...@gmail.com> wrote: 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 <virbh...@gmail.com> 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 <virbh...@gmail.com> 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 <tel:%2B91-8885268942> Software Engineer -- Thanks and regards Virendra Bhati +91-8885268942 <tel:%2B91-8885268942> Software Engineer -- Thanks and regards Virendra Bhati +91-8885268942 <tel:%2B91-8885268942> Software Engineer -- Thanks and regards Virendra Bhati +91-8885268942 <tel:%2B91-8885268942> Software Engineer -- Thanks and regards Virendra Bhati +91-8885268942 Software Engineer
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