asterisk users - Jul 2004 - SIP simultaneous registry possible workaround (was Re: New Asterisk bounty: SIP simultaneous registry)

Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
>I wasn't talking about bandwidth but rather lengthy
>Dial() commands...
>
>exten => s,1,Dial(SIP/someuser&SIP/someuser&SIP ......
>
>kind of thing... seems awfully unwieldy.
That's why you would stick the members into a global
variable

[globals]

DIYCALLGROUP => SIP/111&SIP/112&SIP113   etc.

then dial using Dial(${DIYCALLGROUP},...)

Also, you can use the callgroup feature in sip.conf

[111]
...
callgroup=1
callerid="Member 1"<12345>

[112]
...
callgroup=1
callerid="Member 2"<12345>

[113]
...
callgroup=1
callerid="Member 3"<12345>

then in your dialplan

exten => 12345,1,Dial(SIP/111)   ; dialling one member
rings them all

this should call the entire call group. There have been
some issues with callgroups and SIP some while ago but
they may have been fixed.

In the event that they haven't been fixed, I suggest once
again that the bounty would be better spent on fixing
whatever issues there may still be with callgroups in SIP.

rgds
benjk

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> Also, you can use the callgroup feature in sip.conf
>
> [111]
> ...
> callgroup=1
> callerid="Member 1"<12345>
>
> [112]
> ...
> callgroup=1
> callerid="Member 2"<12345>
>
> [113]
> ...
> callgroup=1
> callerid="Member 3"<12345>
>
> then in your dialplan
>
> exten => 12345,1,Dial(SIP/111)   ; dialling one member
> rings them all
Seems like a s a weird setup. I can't call them individual that way,
can't
I?

On Tuesday 13 July 2004 03:07, Sunrise Ltd wrote:
> >exten => s,1,Dial(SIP/someuser&SIP/someuser&SIP ......
> That's why you would stick the members into a global
> variable
You global variable is still unwieldy.  All you did was move the problem.
> Also, you can use the callgroup feature in sip.conf
>
> [111]
> ...
> callgroup=1
> callerid="Member 1"<12345>
>
> [112]
> ...
> callgroup=1
> callerid="Member 2"<12345>
Now *that* is what I was looking for -- so it is possible to group SIP peers 
like you can Zap channels :-)

Thank you.  I don't use SIP unless I have to, but I was hoping Asterisk
could
handle SIP grouping to help this particular fellow.  :-)

-A.