<br>Using ${CONSOLE} relies on magic - it looks for a channel variable, and when one is not found, it falls back to the global var. If CONSOLE happened to be defined on the channel, it would be returned instead of the global var. <br><br>Using the GLOBAL dialplan function lets you get at global variables whether or not direct access to them is occluded by a like-named local or channel variable.<br></div></div><br>-- <br>j. ------=_Part_71953_32822643.1186166485374--