[asterisk-users] Using * in extension name
I am trying to setup an extension of *7XXX that will allow me to dial *7 and then any extension and use the Pickup application to pickup a ringing phone. Ideally it will also check if the phone is ringing somehow and then either dial the extension or pick it up if it is ringing. But I can't get that far. If I use *7268 specially it works fine, but as soon as I introduce any wild card char (X, N, Z, !, .) it responds with 404 and nothing is logged. Can * be used in this manner in a dialplan? If so then any suggestions on what I can check to see why it is doing this? If not, does anybody have a better suggestion for me? I'd rather not use a regular digit as the begin code. Daniel Hazelbaker ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Using * in extension name
Daniel Hazelbaker wrote: I am trying to setup an extension of *7XXX that will allow me to dial *7 and then any extension and use the Pickup application to pickup a ringing phone. Ideally it will also check if the phone is ringing somehow and then either dial the extension or pick it up if it is ringing. But I can't get that far. If I use *7268 specially it works fine, but as soon as I introduce any wild card char (X, N, Z, !, .) it responds with 404 and nothing is logged. Can * be used in this manner in a dialplan? If so then any suggestions on what I can check to see why it is doing this? If not, does anybody have a better suggestion for me? I'd rather not use a regular digit as the begin code. Make sure you have _*7XXX The leading underscore introduces a pattern. Regards, Philipp Kempgen -- amooma GmbH - Bachstr. 126 - 56566 Neuwied - http://www.amooma.de Let's use IT to solve problems and not to create new ones. Asterisk? - http://www.das-asterisk-buch.de Geschäftsführer: Stefan Wintermeyer Handelsregister: Neuwied B 14998 ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Using * in extension name
ringing. But I can't get that far. If I use *7268 specially it works fine, but as soon as I introduce any wild card char (X, N, Z, !, .) it responds with 404 and nothing is logged. Obvious suggestion, but did you prepend the extension with an underscore to tell asterisk you wanted a pattern match? To wit (assuming you're using extension.conf and not AEL, but AEL is similar): exten = *7268,1,NoOp will work for dialing *7268. But: exten = *76XX,1,NoOp won't ever match anything because you've not told asterisk you're asking for a pattern. But: exten = _*76XX,1,NoOp should do what you're after. Chris ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Using * in extension name
Daniel Hazelbaker wrote: I am trying to setup an extension of *7XXX that will allow me to dial *7 and then any extension and use the Pickup application to pickup a ringing phone. Ideally it will also check if the phone is ringing somehow and then either dial the extension or pick it up if it is ringing. But I can't get that far. If I use *7268 specially it works fine, but as soon as I introduce any wild card char (X, N, Z, !, .) it responds with 404 and nothing is logged. Can * be used in this manner in a dialplan? If so then any suggestions on what I can check to see why it is doing this? If not, does anybody have a better suggestion for me? I'd rather not use a regular digit as the begin code. Daniel Hazelbaker You have to start with an underscore character, '_', to make wildcard matching work. So your extension should be _*7XXX Mike Clark ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Using * in extension name
Daniel Hazelbaker wrote:
I am trying to setup an extension of *7XXX that will allow me to dial
*7 and then any extension and use the Pickup application to pickup a
ringing phone. Ideally it will also check if the phone is ringing
somehow and then either dial the extension or pick it up if it is
ringing.
I'm not sure if it's possible to do anything in the dialplan
after Pickup() even if it didn't work, but you might try
something like this:
_*7. = {
Pickup(${EXTEN:[EMAIL PROTECTED]);
Dial(Local/${EXTEN:2});
}
I find your idea a bit unusal anyway because when Pickup()'ing
a call I almost never want to talk to the original callee.
Regards,
Philipp Kempgen
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Handelsregister: Neuwied B 14998
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Re: [asterisk-users] Using * in extension name
(Hope you don't mind me replying to the list) Okay, time for me to feel stupid. Yes I was forgetting to start with an underscore. Somehow while I was looking at all the examples it never clicked that that should be there. :P Daniel On Dec 19, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Martin Smith wrote: If you could show us what you ARE using (the full line of the dialplan), I might be able to offer more suggestions. For example, with the full line, I might notice if you're starting the pattern with the underscore, which I believe is required to pattern match *at all*. Martin Smith, Systems Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bureau of Economic and Business Research University of Florida (352) 392-0171 Ext. 221 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Hazelbaker Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 2:21 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Using * in extension name I am trying to setup an extension of *7XXX that will allow me to dial *7 and then any extension and use the Pickup application to pickup a ringing phone. Ideally it will also check if the phone is ringing somehow and then either dial the extension or pick it up if it is ringing. But I can't get that far. If I use *7268 specially it works fine, but as soon as I introduce any wild card char (X, N, Z, !, .) it responds with 404 and nothing is logged. Can * be used in this manner in a dialplan? If so then any suggestions on what I can check to see why it is doing this? If not, does anybody have a better suggestion for me? I'd rather not use a regular digit as the begin code. Daniel Hazelbaker ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Using * in extension name
Just to finish off this thread for anybody else who wants the same
functionality:
As Philipp coded out, what I was originally doing was something akin
to the following:
_*7. = {
Pickup(${EXTEN:[EMAIL PROTECTED]);
Dial(Local/${EXTEN:2});
}
Somebody else wondered why I would do this as I wouldn't want to talk
to the original callee. Pickup() will never return if it successfully
picks up the call. So if it does return then we can assume (for now)
that the phone is not ringing and then proceed to dial the number.
As I said, this did work perfectly. However, I discovered that the
Grandstream phones we use automatically prepend ** to the monitored
extension. So if the phone is not ringing it will dial 268, if the
phone is ringing it will dial **268. So in the end I ended up with:
_**. = { Pickup(${EXTEN:[EMAIL PROTECTED]); }
And all works perfectly. Obviously for other phones I would have to
come up with something else like the above, but with the grandstreams
it seems to work great.
Daniel
On Dec 19, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Daniel Hazelbaker wrote:
(Hope you don't mind me replying to the list)
Okay, time for me to feel stupid. Yes I was forgetting to start
with an underscore. Somehow while I was looking at all the examples
it never clicked that that should be there. :P
Daniel
On Dec 19, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Martin Smith wrote:
If you could show us what you ARE using (the full line of the
dialplan),
I might be able to offer more suggestions. For example, with the full
line, I might notice if you're starting the pattern with the
underscore,
which I believe is required to pattern match *at all*.
Martin Smith, Systems Developer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
University of Florida
(352) 392-0171 Ext. 221
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Daniel Hazelbaker
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 2:21 PM
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Subject: [asterisk-users] Using * in extension name
I am trying to setup an extension of *7XXX that will allow me
to dial
*7 and then any extension and use the Pickup application to pickup a
ringing phone. Ideally it will also check if the phone is ringing
somehow and then either dial the extension or pick it up if it is
ringing. But I can't get that far. If I use *7268 specially
it works
fine, but as soon as I introduce any wild card char (X, N, Z,
!, .) it
responds with 404 and nothing is logged.
Can * be used in this manner in a dialplan? If so then any
suggestions on what I can check to see why it is doing this?
If not,
does anybody have a better suggestion for me? I'd rather not use a
regular digit as the begin code.
Daniel Hazelbaker
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