asterisk users - Sep 2004 - Any way to _always_ execute certain commands in a dialplan context?

I've got a need to do something like the following:

[foo-context]
exten => _.,1,SetCIDNum(123)
exten => _.,2,SetCIDName(XYZ)
include => local
include => tollfree

But of course, this example won't work. The goal here is this: if a call 
ends up being handled by the "local" or "tollfree" contexts,
I want
those SetCID*** commands executed. Otherwise, I don't want them 
executed. I don't want to embed them into the local/tollfree contexts 
themselves, because then I'd have to figure out some way to store the 
"123" and "XYZ" values so that they could be used by
commands in those
contexts.

Essentially, what I want to do is override the CALLERIDNUM/CALLERIDNAME 
data for calls that are directed outside the PBX, and leave it alone for 
calls inside the PBX. That way internal users can see "John Q. Smith 
<322>" (different for each extension), but outside callees see
"Smithco
Widgets <602-555-1212>" (which would be identical for all of the 
extensions that can make outside calls).

Use the 's' extension...


On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:42:13 -0700, Kevin P. Fleming
<kpfleming@backtobasicsmgmt.com> wrote:
> I've got a need to do something like the following:
> 
> [foo-context]
> exten => _.,1,SetCIDNum(123)
> exten => _.,2,SetCIDName(XYZ)
> include => local
> include => tollfree
> 
> But of course, this example won't work. The goal here is this: if a
call
> ends up being handled by the "local" or "tollfree"
contexts, I want
> those SetCID*** commands executed. Otherwise, I don't want them
> executed. I don't want to embed them into the local/tollfree contexts
> themselves, because then I'd have to figure out some way to store the
> "123" and "XYZ" values so that they could be used by
commands in those
> contexts.
> 
> Essentially, what I want to do is override the CALLERIDNUM/CALLERIDNAME
> data for calls that are directed outside the PBX, and leave it alone for
> calls inside the PBX. That way internal users can see "John Q. Smith
> <322>" (different for each extension), but outside callees see
"Smithco
> Widgets <602-555-1212>" (which would be identical for all of the
> extensions that can make outside calls).
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You need to a method other than 'include =>', which effectively
concatenates
the target of the include with the current context. Consider this approach
instead:

[foo-context]
; This needs to match the criteria for tollfree, say a 91800 prefix
exten => _91800.,1,SetCIDNum(123)
exten => _91800.,2,SetCIDName(XYZ)
exten => _91800.,3,Goto(tollfree,${EXTEN},1)

; This needs to match the criteria for local, say a 9 prefix
exten => _9.,1,SetCIDNum(123)
exten => _9.,2,SetCIDName(XYZ)
exten => _9.,3,Goto(local,${EXTEN},1)


It could also be implemented as:

[foo-context]
; This needs to match the criteria for tollfree, say a 91800 prefix
exten => _91800.,1,Macro(setOutgoingCLID)
exten => _91800.,2,Goto(tollfree,${EXTEN},1)

; This needs to match the criteria for local, say a 9 prefix
exten => _9.,1,Macro(setOutgoingCLID)
exten => _9.,2,Goto(local,${EXTEN},1)

[macro-setOutgoingCLID]
exten => s,1,SetCIDNum(123)
exten => s,2,SetCIDName(XYZ)


You'll need to implement 't' and 'i' handlers in
[foo-context] and,
possibly, seperate 'h' handlers in [local] and [tollfree].

Hope that helps.

Kris Boutilier
Information Systems Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Regional District

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin P. Fleming [mailto:kpfleming@backtobasicsmgmt.com]
Sent: September 2, 2004 7:42 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Any way to _always_ execute certain commands
in a dialplan context?


I've got a need to do something like the following:

[foo-context]
exten => _.,1,SetCIDNum(123)
exten => _.,2,SetCIDName(XYZ)
include => local
include => tollfree

But of course, this example won't work. The goal here is this: if a call 
ends up being handled by the "local" or "tollfree" contexts,
I want
those SetCID*** commands executed. Otherwise, I don't want them 
executed. I don't want to embed them into the local/tollfree contexts 
themselves, because then I'd have to figure out some way to store the 
"123" and "XYZ" values so that they could be used by
commands in those
contexts.

Essentially, what I want to do is override the CALLERIDNUM/CALLERIDNAME 
data for calls that are directed outside the PBX, and leave it alone for 
calls inside the PBX. That way internal users can see "John Q. Smith 
<322>" (different for each extension), but outside callees see
"Smithco
Widgets <602-555-1212>" (which would be identical for all of the 
extensions that can make outside calls).
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If 'immediate=yes' then the target exten in the context for the zap line
will always be 's', where you would implement digit collection or
whatever.
If 'immediate=no' then the simple switch code will collect the digits
and
dive in to the context with something to match against, thereby ignoring
's'.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Fugina [mailto:rob.fugina@gmail.com]
Sent: September 3, 2004 8:19 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Any way to _always_ execute certain
commands in a dialplan context?


Ah, well...  Never tried it with SIP phones.  I thought I had used
that before for inbound calls on a Zap channel, and with local Zap
extensions, too...

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 08:11:09 -0700, Kevin P. Fleming
<kpfleming@backtobasicsmgmt.com> wrote:
> Rob Fugina wrote:
> > Use the 's' extension...
> >
> 
> Uhh, no. That doesn't work at all.
> 
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Hmmm... try this then:

[foo-context-companya]
exten => _.,1,DigitTimeout(2)	;2 second pause signifies end of dialing
exten => _.,2,SetVar(target=${EXTEN})
exten => _.,3,SetVar(companyCIDNum=18005551212)
exten => _.,4,SetVar(companyCIDName=companya)
exten => _.,5,Goto(step2${dialed},1}

include => tollfree
include => local


[foo-context-companyb]
exten => _.,1,DigitTimeout(2)	;2 second pause after dialing
exten => _.,2,SetVar(target=${EXTEN})
exten => _.,3,SetVar(companyCIDNum=18775551212)
exten => _.,4,SetVar(companyCIDName=companyb)
exten => _.,5,Goto(step2${exten},1}

include => tollfree
include => local


; Generic includes (could be in seperate file)
[tollfree]
exten => _step291800.,1,SetCIDNum(companyCIDNum)
exten => _step291800.,2,SetCIDName(companyCIDName)
exten => _step291800.,3,Dial(resource/${target})

[local]
exten => _step29.,1,SetCIDNum(companyCIDNum)
exten => _step29.,2,SetCIDName(companyCIDName)
exten => _step29.,3,Dial(resource/${target})

However this means an enblock/predialing environment rather than the
conventional free running pattern matcher - fine if the outbound resource
has really fast call setup (such as PRI) but not so good if you're doing
inband DTMF a 2 digits per second, such as normal analog lines. In that case
you'd need lots of nasty audio-handholding so people don't get too
confused
with the silence on the line during the call setup... which is where I'm at.


:-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin P. Fleming [mailto:kpfleming@backtobasicsmgmt.com]
Sent: September 3, 2004 10:46 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Any way to _always_ execute certain
commands in a dialplan context?


Kris Boutilier wrote:
> [foo-context]
> ; This needs to match the criteria for tollfree, say a 91800 prefix
> exten => _91800.,1,SetCIDNum(123)
> exten => _91800.,2,SetCIDName(XYZ)
> exten => _91800.,3,Goto(tollfree,${EXTEN},1)
This is the direction I started going; however, I need to implement this 
for multiple clients, and I'm not keen on duplicating the pattern 
matching in separate contexts for each client. That's why I was trying 
to find a solution that would let me use an "included" context, but 
still provide commands to be executed if that included context found a 
match. I may work on coding this up, as I think it could be very useful.

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Grrr.... Both occurances of:

 exten => _.,5,Goto(step2${dialed},1}

should have read:

 exten => _.,5,Goto(step2${target},1}


-----Original Message-----
From: Kris Boutilier [mailto:Kris.Boutilier@scrd.bc.ca]
Sent: September 3, 2004 7:46 PM
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Any way to _always_ execute certain
commands in a dialplan context?


Hmmm... try this then:

[foo-context-companya]
exten => _.,1,DigitTimeout(2)	;2 second pause signifies end of dialing
exten => _.,2,SetVar(target=${EXTEN})
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