asterisk users - Dec 2003 - How to restart * thru phone "when convenient"

Hi there,

here is my attempt to initiate a "restart when convenient" from a 
software SIP phone.

exten => 588,1,Answer
exten => 588,2,Wait(1)
exten => 588,3,Playback(restart-convenient)
exten => 588,4,Wait(1)
exten => 588,5,Authenticate(00000)
exten => 588,6,System(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "restart when
convenient")
exten => 588,7,Hangup

The problem: We never reach the "convenient" state because the SIP
client
will stay connected until priority 6 has been executed - so I locked 
myself in basically. Any suggestion how to accomplish this? With "restart 
now" there is no problem, but that's not what I want...

BTW: Where exactly is the difference between Hangup and Softhangup()?

Cheers, Philipp

Philipp von Klitzing  <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
said:
>exten => 588,6,System(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "restart when
convenient")
>
Put an & behind the line?

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Cees de Groot               http://www.tric.nl     <cg@tric.nl>
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On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 07:44, Philipp von Klitzing wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> here is my attempt to initiate a "restart when convenient" from a
> software SIP phone.
> 
> exten => 588,1,Answer
> exten => 588,2,Wait(1)
> exten => 588,3,Playback(restart-convenient)
> exten => 588,4,Wait(1)
> exten => 588,5,Authenticate(00000)
> exten => 588,6,System(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "restart when
convenient")
> exten => 588,7,Hangup
> 
> The problem: We never reach the "convenient" state because the
SIP client
> will stay connected until priority 6 has been executed - so I locked 
> myself in basically. Any suggestion how to accomplish this? With
"restart
> now" there is no problem, but that's not what I want...
You could use "at" to issue the command at a deferred time. You could
always determine what you think is causing trouble that needs a restart
and fix it. You could cron this so it happens regularly and therefore
doesn't need a phone call to do it. 
> BTW: Where exactly is the difference between Hangup and Softhangup()?
Hangup is something done in the course of the dialplan and works on the
current channel where softhangup is a cli command that works on a named
channel. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch@basesys.com>

Hi!
> > exten => 588,1,Answer
> > exten => 588,2,Wait(1)
> > exten => 588,3,Playback(restart-convenient)
> > exten => 588,4,Wait(1)
> > exten => 588,5,Authenticate(00000)
> > exten => 588,6,System(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "restart when
convenient")
> > exten => 588,7,Hangup
> > 
> > The problem: We never reach the "convenient" state because
the SIP client
> > will stay connected until priority 6 has been executed - so I locked 
> > myself in basically. Any suggestion how to accomplish this? With
"restart
> > now" there is no problem, but that's not what I want...
> >exten => 588,6,System(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "restart when
convenient")
> >
> Put an & behind the line?
It does help to get a proper hang up for the client, but there is no 
restart initiated at all... looks like now the system calls gets 
cancelled due to the fact that the client is gone.  
> You could use "at" to issue the command at a deferred time.
Yes, sure, but this ain't that nice "asterisk only". :->
> You could always determine what you think is causing trouble that needs
> a restart and fix it. 
In case you are interested as to why I am doing this (MGCP):
http://bugs.digium.com/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000611
>You could cron this so it happens regularly and therefore > doesn't
need
a phone call to do it.  

That is already in place just in case there is no-one with knowledge 
around to trigger the reset when it is needed. However I don't want to 
restart too often...

Cheers, Philipp