asterisk users - Mar 2017 - ConfBridge function slight change from 11 to 13

Hi,



I have been using ConfBridge since Asterisk 11, and I recently upgraded a
server to 13.  While everything that needed fixing seems fixed, I have an
issue that does not seem documented anywhere.



The way I used ConfBridge is that I have a standard bridge profile, user
profile and menu that (almost) everyone uses. I call the ConfBridge this
way:



exten => s,1,Confbridge(some_id,bridge_basic,user_basic,admin_menu_basic)



But, even though everyone uses the same basic config, each conference has
a different NIP to get it. So what I USED to do is this:



exten => s,1,Set(CONFBRIDGE(user,pin)=123456)

exten => s,2,Confbridge(some_id,bridge_basic,user_basic,admin_menu_basic)



This, as far as I could tell on Asterisk 11, meant that the user_basic
profile was used, but whatever default PIN present in confbridge.conf was
?overwritten? by my on-the-fly to the ConfBridge(user,pin) value



Now, on Asterisk 13.14 (I don?t have an Asterisk 12 I can play with) it
seems that the fact that I am referencing the user_basic profile in my
call to the ConfBridge app means that whatever PIN value I put in my dial
plan is ignore, since a user profile is present. While, before, the PIN
value overwrote the profile value by having that defined in my dialplan.



?         TBH this seems the legit way to use ConfBridge The wiki says:

?

?         ?user_profile - The user profile name from confbridge.conf. When
left blank, a dynamically built user profile created by the CONFBRIDGE
dialplan function is searched for on the channel and used. If no dynamic
profile is present, the 'default_user' profile found in confbridge.conf
is
used?

?

?         
but it suited me better to use it the way it worked in Asterisk
11.

Is there any way to make the channel values overwrite the profile values
instead of be ignored by the presence of a profile in the dialplan
application parameters? Or something that has a similar effect, i.e. an
easy to change overall default bridge user that can be slightly modified
through the dialplan?





Mike



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On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Micha?l Gaudette <michael at virtutel.ca>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have been using ConfBridge since Asterisk 11, and I recently upgraded a
> server to 13.  While everything that needed fixing seems fixed, I have an
> issue that does not seem documented anywhere.
>
>
>
> The way I used ConfBridge is that I have a standard bridge profile, user
> profile and menu that (almost) everyone uses. I call the ConfBridge this
> way:
>
>
>
> exten =>
s,1,Confbridge(some_id,bridge_basic,user_basic,admin_menu_basic)
>
>
>
> But, even though everyone uses the same basic config, each conference has
> a different NIP to get it. So what I USED to do is this:
>
>
>
> exten => s,1,Set(CONFBRIDGE(user,pin)=123456)
>
> exten =>
s,2,Confbridge(some_id,bridge_basic,user_basic,admin_menu_basic)
>
>
>
> This, as far as I could tell on Asterisk 11, meant that the user_basic
> profile was used, but whatever default PIN present in confbridge.conf was
> ?overwritten? by my on-the-fly to the ConfBridge(user,pin) value
>
>
>
> Now, on Asterisk 13.14 (I don?t have an Asterisk 12 I can play with) it
> seems that the fact that I am referencing the user_basic profile in my call
> to the ConfBridge app means that whatever PIN value I put in my dial plan
> is ignore, since a user profile is present. While, before, the PIN value
> overwrote the profile value by having that defined in my dialplan.
>
>
>
> ?         TBH this seems the legit way to use ConfBridge The wiki says:
>
> ?
>
> ?         ?user_profile - The user profile name from confbridge.conf.
> When left blank, a dynamically built user profile created by the CONFBRIDGE
> dialplan function is searched for on the channel and used. If no dynamic
> profile is present, the 'default_user' profile found in
confbridge.conf is
> used?
>
> ?
>
> ?         ?but it suited me better to use it the way it worked in
> Asterisk 11.
>
> Is there any way to make the channel values overwrite the profile values
> instead of be ignored by the presence of a profile in the dialplan
> application parameters? Or something that has a similar effect, i.e. an
> easy to change overall default bridge user that can be slightly modified
> through the dialplan?
>
You have to explicitly create your dynamic user profile based upon the
desired user profile
first.  Otherwise, it uses the "default_user" profile as the basis of
the
dynamic profile.

; Use a non-default user profile as the basis of the dynamic user profile
exten = 1111,1,NoOp()
same = n,Set(CONFBRIDGE(user,template)=user_basic)
same = n,Set(CONFBRIDGE(user,pin)=123456)
same = n,ConfBridge(some_id,bridge_basic,,admin_menu_basic)

; Use the default "default_user" profile as the basis of the dynamic
user
profile
exten = 2222,1,NoOp()
same = n,Set(CONFBRIDGE(user,pin)=123456)
same = n,ConfBridge(some_id,bridge_basic,,admin_menu_basic)

If you explicitly specify a bridge, user, or menu profile to ConfBridge
then that is what gets
used regardless of any dynamic profile you created.

See the online documentation:
core show application ConfBridge
or
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+13+Application_ConfBridge

config show help app_confbridge user_profile template
or
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+13+Configuration_app_confbridge

Richard
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