asterisk users - Jul 2004 - execute a context from cron

I want to have call forwarding (from the POTS) turned on at the close of work
and turned off automatically by *.

I can create a context that should do just that, but I need a way to have that
context spontaneously executed at a specific time.

I figured that one way to do it would be to have cron run "asterisk
-rx<some
command>" if there were some command that would tell asterisk to go to a
specific context,extension,priority, but I cannot find that command.

Does such a command exist?  Or is there a better way to do this that I have
overlooked?

Thank you!

-- 
-M

There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
	Those who can count in binary and those who cannot.

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Michael George waxed:
> I want to have call forwarding (from the POTS) turned on at the close of
work
> and turned off automatically by *.
> 
> I can create a context that should do just that, but I need a way to have
that
> context spontaneously executed at a specific time.
> 
> I figured that one way to do it would be to have cron run "asterisk
-rx<some
> command>" if there were some command that would tell asterisk to go
to a
> specific context,extension,priority, but I cannot find that command.
> 
> Does such a command exist?  Or is there a better way to do this that I have
> overlooked?
Try looking at sample.call in the top asterisk source
directory.  Set up cron to create this file to connect to
the specific extention and dump it into:
/var/spool/asterisk/outgoing

--Chris


-- 
Chris Maj, Rochester
cmaj_at_freedomcorpse_dot_com
Pronunciation Guide: Maj == May

On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 09:46, Michael George wrote:
> I want to have call forwarding (from the POTS) turned on at the close of
work
> and turned off automatically by *.
> 
> I can create a context that should do just that, but I need a way to have
that
> context spontaneously executed at a specific time.
> 
> I figured that one way to do it would be to have cron run "asterisk
-rx<some
> command>" if there were some command that would tell asterisk to go
to a
> specific context,extension,priority, but I cannot find that command.
> 
> Does such a command exist?  Or is there a better way to do this that I have
> overlooked?
http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk%20tips%20openhours

Hi!
> I can create a context that should do just that, but I need a way to have
that
> context spontaneously executed at a specific time.
Use DbPut() to store a flag, DbGet() to check the flag and then act upon 
it with GotoIf(). You can also use "asterisk -rx" to issue commands
like
"database put" to perform the DbPut() from a script, i.e. outside of 
extensions.conf.

Cheers, Philipp

Why don't you include a context on a schedule?

I have a support queue included only at certain times, such as monday 
through friday, 6a to 6p.  All other times I include a context that 
sends that extension straight to voicemail.

Check out http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+tips+openhours

On Jul 1, 2004, at 6:46 AM, Michael George wrote:
> I want to have call forwarding (from the POTS) turned on at the close 
> of work
> and turned off automatically by *.
>
> I can create a context that should do just that, but I need a way to 
> have that
> context spontaneously executed at a specific time.
>
> I figured that one way to do it would be to have cron run "asterisk 
> -rx<some
> command>" if there were some command that would tell asterisk to go
to
> a
> specific context,extension,priority, but I cannot find that command.
>
> Does such a command exist?  Or is there a better way to do this that I 
> have
> overlooked?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -- 
> -M
>
> There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
> 	Those who can count in binary and those who cannot.
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I simply use

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