asterisk users - May 2005 - Setting Variables

Is it possible to set a variable for an IAX device in iax.conf that  
can be read from the dial plan (extensions.conf)? If so, can you  
explain?

Thanks,
Daniel

In extensions.conf in the general section you can create globals like:

JOHN=IAX2/1234

And then use ${JOHN} in your dial plan to use that device.

Alfredo.

On 5/10/05, Daniel Salama <dsalama@user.net>
wrote:
> Is it possible to set a variable for an IAX device in iax.conf that
> can be read from the dial plan (extensions.conf)? If so, can you
> explain?
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
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This is a good solution. However, I have a regarding this approach:

Does this mean that ANY incoming directed to that agent will fall  
into that context? I have calls coming into the system and being put  
in a Queue. When the agent is available, the call will be de-queued  
to the agent. When is the context used in extensions.conf? By the  
time the call is going to be directed to the agent, the call is  
already in the system and has gone through several contexts and  
queued by AppQueue.

Thanks,
Daniel

On May 10, 2005, at 9:11 PM, Moises Silva wrote:
> at the moment i think is not possible. A workaround can be sending
> local and remote iax to different context in iax.conf like this
>
> [iaxremote]
> blah...
> context=remoteiax
>
> [iaxlocal]
> blah....
> context=localiax
>
> so in extensions.conf you can do
>
> [localiax]
> exten => s,1,SetVar(local=1)
> blah...
>
> [remoteiax]
> exten => s,1,SetVar(local=0)
> blah
>
>
> Best Regards.
>
> - moy
>
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On Tue, 10 May 2005, Daniel Salama wrote:
> Is it possible to set a variable for an IAX device in iax.conf that  
> can be read from the dial plan (extensions.conf)? If so, can you  
> explain?
Use setvar=name_of_var=value_you_want.


Peter
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