asterisk users - Mar 2011 - Passing an argument to a macro within an Originatecommand

The last Originate() option is ignored if using 'app'.  It is only there
for 'exten'.

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+Originate tells all :)



-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Bruce
Hopkins
Sent: 15 March 2011 21:36
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [asterisk-users] Passing an argument to a macro within an
Originatecommand


Hi,


With Asterisk 1.8.3, I can't figure out how to pass an argument to a
macro which is used within an originate command.
Here is my sample dialplan to illustrate:


exten => 123,1,Answer()
exten => 123,n,Originate(SIP/20,app,Macro,foo,bar)
exten => 123,n,NoOp(This is the NoOp after the originate command)
exten => 123,n,Wait(30)
exten => 123,n,Hangup()


[macro-foo]
exten => s,1,Answer()
exten => s,2,NoOp(arg1 is ${ARG1} and arg2 is ${ARG2})
exten => s,3,Playback(tt-monkeys)


I was hoping the ${ARG1} within the macro would be 'bar', but the
argument does not seem to be passed on to the macro so far as I can
tell.
Here is the CLI output:


pbx*CLI> 
  == Using SIP RTP TOS bits 184
  == Using SIP RTP CoS mark 5
    -- Executing [123 at from-internal:1] Answer("SIP/21-0000000c",
"") in
new stack
    -- Executing [123 at from-internal:2] Originate("SIP/21-0000000c",
"SIP/20,app,Macro,foo,bar") in new stack
  == Using SIP RTP TOS bits 184
  == Using SIP RTP CoS mark 5
    -- Launching Macro(foo) on SIP/20-0000000d
    -- Executing [s at macro-foo:1] Answer("SIP/20-0000000d",
"") in new
stack
    -- Executing [s at macro-foo:2] NoOp("SIP/20-0000000d", "arg1
is  and
arg2 is ") in new stack
    -- Executing [s at macro-foo:3] Playback("SIP/20-0000000d",
"tt-monkeys") in new stack
    -- <SIP/20-0000000d> Playing 'tt-monkeys.gsm' (language
'en')
    -- Executing [123 at from-internal:3] NoOp("SIP/21-0000000c",
"This is
the NoOp after the originate command") in new stack
    -- Executing [123 at from-internal:4] Wait("SIP/21-0000000c",
"30") in
new stack
    -- Executing [123 at from-internal:5] Hangup("SIP/21-0000000c",
"") in
new stack
  == Spawn extension (from-internal, 123, 5) exited non-zero on
'SIP/21-0000000c'
    -- Executing [h at from-internal:1] Macro("SIP/21-0000000c",
"hangupcall") in new stack
    -- Executing [s at macro-hangupcall:1] GotoIf("SIP/21-0000000c",
"1?skiprg") in new stack
    -- Goto (macro-hangupcall,s,4)
    -- Executing [s at macro-hangupcall:4] GotoIf("SIP/21-0000000c",
"1?skipblkvm") in new stack
    -- Goto (macro-hangupcall,s,7)
    -- Executing [s at macro-hangupcall:7] GotoIf("SIP/21-0000000c",
"1?theend") in new stack
    -- Goto (macro-hangupcall,s,9)
    -- Executing [s at macro-hangupcall:9] Hangup("SIP/21-0000000c",
"") in
new stack
  == Spawn extension (macro-hangupcall, s, 9) exited non-zero on
'SIP/21-0000000c' in macro 'hangupcall'
  == Spawn extension (from-internal, h, 1) exited non-zero on
'SIP/21-0000000c'


Could anyone tell me what I am doing wrong please?
Many thanks in advance for any assistance anyone is able to offer.


Best regards
Bruce Hopkins


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