asterisk users - Oct 2005 - GROUP and GROUP_COUNT

I have a macro and when I call it I have something like this:

exten => s,1,NoOp(Group Count: ${GROUP_COUNT(MYGROUP)})
exten => s,n,Set(GROUP()=MYGROUP)               ;Set Group
exten => s,n,NoOp(Group List: ${GROUP_LIST()})
exten => s,n,NoOp(Group Count: ${GROUP_COUNT(MYGROUP)})


The GROUP_COUNT returns zero before the call to GROUP but also returns 0 after
the call to GROUP. 

If I make 2 calls then it returns 0 before and 1 after placing the 2nd call. 

The weird portion is when I get incomming calls from the PSTN I set the
group to PSTN (GROUP()=PSTN). Then if I do a transfer and dial something
that goes out the above Macro GROUP_COUNT returns 0 before the call to
GROUP and 1 after the call to GROUP even though no calls are going
through it except the one call. 

When making 1 outbound (not via transfer) call via the macro GROUP_COUNT
returns 0 before and after the call to GROUP.

I'm not sure if Im doing something wrong or not. Here are the portions of my
dialplan:

[macro-dialgoiax]
exten => s,1,NoOp(Group Count: ${GROUP_COUNT(GOIAX)})
exten => s,n,Set(GROUP()=GOIAX)               ;Set Group
exten => s,n,NoOp(Group List: ${GROUP_LIST()})
exten => s,n,NoOp(Group Count: ${GROUP_COUNT()})
exten => s,n,NoOp(Group Count2: ${GROUP_COUNT(GOIAX)})
exten => s,n,NoOp(Group Count3: ${GROUP_COUNT(VBUZZER)})
exten => s,n,GotoIf($[${GROUP_COUNT(GOIAX)} > 0]?103) ;Exceeded?
exten => s,n(dial),Dial(IAX2/goiax/${ARG1},999,TW)
exten => s,n,NoOp(s-${DIALSTATUS})
exten => s,n,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1)
exten => s,103,Macro(dialvoipjet,${ARG1})



[home]
exten => 1000,1,SETCIDNUM(${CALLERIDNUM:1})
;exten => 1000/,2,PrivacyManager
exten => 1000/_635.,2,Macro(startrecord,${EXTEN},${CALLERIDNUM})
exten => 1000,2,Wait(0)
exten => 1000,3,Wait(0) ; yes i know I dont need this
exten => 1000,4,Set(GROUP()=PSTN)               ;Set Group
exten => 1000,5,Dial(SIP/spa-1,20,TWtw)
exten => 1000,6,Voicemail(u1000)
exten => 1000,7,Hangup


Thanks,
Ryan

On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 05:15:14PM -0600, Ryan exclaimed:
>I have a macro and when I call it I have something like this:
>
>exten => s,1,NoOp(Group Count: ${GROUP_COUNT(MYGROUP)})
>exten => s,n,Set(GROUP()=MYGROUP)               ;Set Group
>exten => s,n,NoOp(Group List: ${GROUP_LIST()})
>exten => s,n,NoOp(Group Count: ${GROUP_COUNT(MYGROUP)})
>
>
>The GROUP_COUNT returns zero before the call to GROUP but also returns 0
after
>the call to GROUP. 
>
>If I make 2 calls then it returns 0 before and 1 after placing the 2nd call.
>
>The weird portion is when I get incomming calls from the PSTN I set the
>group to PSTN (GROUP()=PSTN). Then if I do a transfer and dial something
>that goes out the above Macro GROUP_COUNT returns 0 before the call to
>GROUP and 1 after the call to GROUP even though no calls are going
>through it except the one call. 
>
>When making 1 outbound (not via transfer) call via the macro GROUP_COUNT
>returns 0 before and after the call to GROUP.
>
<snip>

For consistency sake (and for those searching through the archives
later), I have filed a bug at:

http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=5453


I mistakenly filed it under Function Core not New Functions.


Thanks,
Ryan