asterisk users - Apr 2005 - Zaptel group members - dial out on a availible port via trial and error?

Hi ya-all.

Little question that has been bothering me somewhot.
Say I have only 2 out going analog phone lines.
Some1 in the office decides to call their a client...
so the Dial command it using a group and it will start at the first Zap 
channel listed
in the group.

But now what if I disconnect the that line and he dials up again... then 
it tries the first
Zap channel again - but why does it not time out or try the other Zap 
channel?
Btw - I am using a TDM400P with the FXS ports on channel 3 and 4;

*Asterisk*
Urgent handler
    -- Executing Dial("Zap/1-1", "Zap/g2/$EXTEN") in new
stack
Urgent handler
Urgent handler
    -- Called g2/$EXTEN
Urgent handler
    -- Zap/3-1 answered Zap/1-1
Urgent handler
    -- Attempting native bridge of Zap/1-1 and Zap/3-1
Urgent handler
[And it hangs.......]

*extensions.conf*
[outgoing]                                                      ;Dial 
"0" on the phone for external line
                                                                ;SIP 
Phones need another was... they act like a cell phone

exten => _0,1,Dial(Zap/g2/$EXTEN)
;exten => _0,2,NoOp(DIALSTATUS=${DIALSTATUS})
exten => _0,3,Goto(_0-${DIALSTATUS},1)                          ;Jump 
based on status (NOANSWER,BUSY,CHANUNAVAIL,CONGESTION,ANSWER)

exten => _0-ANSWER,1,Goto(_0,102)
exten => _0-.,1,Goto(_0,1)                                      ;Try 
another line

exten => _0,102,Congestion
exten => _0,103,Hangup


Ps - I cant get a log to see the "DIALSTATUS". Also I would have 
expected that Asterisk would then just try the other group member but
it does not.... Any help in this regard would be greatly apricaited.

-- 
Kind Regards
Etienne

There is a way to specify whether the group is dialed in ascending, 
descending etc order. I think it's an option in dial - see wiki for more 
details.

Cameron
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Etienne Pretorius" <etiennep@kingsley.co.za>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
<asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:49 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Zaptel group members - dial out on a availible 
port via trial and error?

> Hi ya-all.
>
> Little question that has been bothering me somewhot.
> Say I have only 2 out going analog phone lines.
> Some1 in the office decides to call their a client...
> so the Dial command it using a group and it will start at the first Zap 
> channel listed
> in the group.
>
> But now what if I disconnect the that line and he dials up again... then 
> it tries the first
> Zap channel again - but why does it not time out or try the other Zap 
> channel?
> Btw - I am using a TDM400P with the FXS ports on channel 3 and 4;
>
> *Asterisk*
> Urgent handler
>    -- Executing Dial("Zap/1-1", "Zap/g2/$EXTEN") in new
stack
> Urgent handler
> Urgent handler
>    -- Called g2/$EXTEN
> Urgent handler
>    -- Zap/3-1 answered Zap/1-1
> Urgent handler
>    -- Attempting native bridge of Zap/1-1 and Zap/3-1
> Urgent handler
> [And it hangs.......]
>
> *extensions.conf*
> [outgoing]                                                      ;Dial
"0"
> on the phone for external line
>                                                                ;SIP Phones 
> need another was... they act like a cell phone
>
> exten => _0,1,Dial(Zap/g2/$EXTEN)
> ;exten => _0,2,NoOp(DIALSTATUS=${DIALSTATUS})
> exten => _0,3,Goto(_0-${DIALSTATUS},1)                          ;Jump 
> based on status (NOANSWER,BUSY,CHANUNAVAIL,CONGESTION,ANSWER)
>
> exten => _0-ANSWER,1,Goto(_0,102)
> exten => _0-.,1,Goto(_0,1)                                      ;Try 
> another line
>
> exten => _0,102,Congestion
> exten => _0,103,Hangup
>
>
> Ps - I cant get a log to see the "DIALSTATUS". Also I would have
expected
> that Asterisk would then just try the other group member but
> it does not.... Any help in this regard would be greatly apricaited.
>
> -- 
> Kind Regards
> Etienne
>
>
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