asterisk users - Oct 2005 - Emergency calls - forcing through on channel

Hi

Hypothetical but quite possible scenerio:

Attempted emergency 911 call but all zap channels are already in use.

Is there any way to hangup zap channels before dial(Zap/g1/911) or equivalent. 

AFAIK hangup doesn't except options so I CANNOT do something like
hangup(Zap/g1) to clear  zap
channels before the dial statement - this is what i was hoping to do.

So what do other people do?




		
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1 2 wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Hypothetical but quite possible scenerio:
> 
> Attempted emergency 911 call but all zap channels are already in use.
> 
> Is there any way to hangup zap channels before dial(Zap/g1/911) or
equivalent.
> 
> AFAIK hangup doesn't except options so I CANNOT do something like
hangup(Zap/g1) to clear  zap
> channels before the dial statement - this is what i was hoping to do.
> 
> So what do other people do?
> 
asterisk*CLI> show application SoftHangup
asterisk*CLI>
   -= Info about application 'SoftHangup' =-

[Synopsis]
Soft Hangup Application

[Description]
   SoftHangup(Technology/resource|options)
Hangs up the requested channel.  Always returns 0
- 'options' may contain the following letter:
      'a' : hang up all channels on a specified device instead of a 
single resource



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Christopher L. Wade, CCNA, CCDA, CQS-CIPTES, CQS-CWLSS

On 10/4/05, 1 2 <vortex_0_o@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Hypothetical but quite possible scenerio:
>
> Attempted emergency 911 call but all zap channels are already in use.
>
> Is there any way to hangup zap channels before dial(Zap/g1/911) or
> equivalent.
>
> AFAIK hangup doesn't except options so I CANNOT do something like
> hangup(Zap/g1) to clear zap
> channels before the dial statement - this is what i was hoping to do.
>
> So what do other people do?
  Please also be sure to check out the VoIP WIKI.
 Your article is:
 http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+tips+911
 http://www.voip-info.org has a ton of information that is helpful.
 -B
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Ideally:

- define emergency number

- if number is called in the dialplan and all available channels are busy within
the given
technology (like ZAP)

- hangs up then dials out on the first channel that is NOT currently on an
emergency call


		
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Thanks Brent

I must have missed it on the wiki!

At first glance the last example is close to what i want even though it looks a
bit complex.

A native - buit in - emergency number feature for asterisk would have my vote.
>Your article is:
>http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+tips+911



		
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