asterisk users - Jan 2007 - how to get the status of failed call files

i am creating call files, and catching successfully the ones that don't
connect in a 'failed' extension. can anyone tell me how to find out the
reason for the failure (ie busy, no answer).

${DIALSTATUS} doesn't appear to get set (presumably because Dial() isn't
used) and channel_status doesn't seem to be any good.

thanks in advance.

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   - Rich Doughty

Rich Doughty wrote:
> i am creating call files, and catching successfully the ones that don't
> connect in a 'failed' extension. can anyone tell me how to find out
the
> reason for the failure (ie busy, no answer).
>
> ${DIALSTATUS} doesn't appear to get set (presumably because Dial()
isn't
> used) and channel_status doesn't seem to be any good.
>
> thanks in advance.
>
the event you received for OriginateFailure has a 'Reason: ' code.

that code breaks down as

0 = UNKNOWN FAILURE or DISCONNECT
3 = AST_CONTROL_RINGING (no answer)
5 = AST_CONTROL_BUSY
1 = AST_CONTROL_HANGUP
8 = AST_CONTROL_CONGESTION