asterisk users - Jan 2017 - Dial() from the console?

Can I dial directly from the asterisk console with the Dial() application?


or, is channel originate preferred:

channel originate SIP/thufir extension 18003569377 at outbound





thanks,

Thufir

>>> On Jan 11, 2017, at 7:20 AM, Thufir Hawat hawat.thufir at gmail.com
wrote:
>>> Can I dial directly from the asterisk console with the Dial()
application?

console dial number at context

Doug

On Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Doug Lytle wrote:
>>>> On Jan 11, 2017, at 7:20 AM, Thufir Hawat hawat.thufir at
gmail.com wrote:
>
>>>> Can I dial directly from the asterisk console with the Dial()
application?
>
>
> console dial number at context

Thanks, that's much more intuitive :)


-Thufir

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 07:31:31AM -0500, Doug Lytle
wrote:
> >>> On Jan 11, 2017, at 7:20 AM, Thufir Hawat hawat.thufir at
gmail.com wrote:
> 
> >>> Can I dial directly from the asterisk console with the Dial()
application?
> 
> 
> console dial number at context
Note, however, that it is a different thing. It uses a specific device:
the "console". That is: the speaker and microphone of the system
Asterisk is running on. For that to be available you need to have one of
chan_alsa, chan_console or chan_oss loaded and working.

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