asterisk users - Jul 2019 - Two sip extensions

It looks like moving both to the general section got it working.
Never new that was a requirement. :)

Thanks,

Jerry
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Thanks Steve,

I was not aware of the (+) format... basically "add" to the general
section.

How far back does that go? T o 1.4.X ?
Is there a documentation piece on that ?

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On Fri, Jul 19, 2019, at 11:58 AM, Jerry Geis wrote:
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> Thanks Steve,
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> I was not aware of the (+) format... basically "add" to the
general section.
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> How far back does that go? T o 1.4.X ?
> Is there a documentation piece on that ?
There's a section on the wiki[1] which talks about the various aspects of
the configuration parser and how to do things in the configuration files.
Templates are also very handy[2].

[1] https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Configuration+Files
[2] https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Using+Templates

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On Fri, 19 Jul 2019, Jerry Geis wrote:
> I was not aware of the (+) format... basically "add" to the
general
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> How far back does that go? T o 1.4.X ?
I don't know, but I checked a sip.conf from 1.2 (2012ish?) and I was using 
it then.
> Is there a documentation piece on that ?
I'm sure there is, I just don't know where :)

Another cool configuration file feature is templates (an exclamation mark 
instead of a plus sign). It lets you define common 'snippets' once and 
include them in each context as needed.

Here's an example from that same (1.2 based) project:

; templates
[digit-timeout](!)
         exten = t,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])
         exten = t,n,                    goto(${CONTEXT},s,1)
[h](!)
         exten = h,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])
         exten = h,n,                    goto(settle-card,s,1)
[i](!)
         exten = i,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])
         exten = i,n,                    goto(${CONTEXT},s,1)
[s](!)
         exten = s,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])
[max-timeout](!)
         exten = T,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])
         exten = T,n,                    goto(max-time,s,1)
[x](!)
         exten = _x.,1,                  verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])

; authorized the card
[auth-card](h,i,s,max-timeout,digit-timeout)
         exten = s,2,                    agi(write-cdr)
         exten = s,n,                    set(PRODUCT=${CONTEXT})
         exten = s,n,                    set(PER-MINUTE=0)
         exten = s,n,                    set(PREAMBLE=${CUSTOMER}/menu/m1101)
         exten = s,n,                   
agi(auth-card,${AUTH-FLAGS},${DEBUG-MODE},${VERBOSE-MODE})
         exten = s,n,                    goto(theme,s,1)

The templates are inserted into the auth-card context when the file is 
parsed. I don't have a 1.2 host running anymore, but a 'show dialplan 
auth-card' (1.2) would look something like:

[auth-card](h,i,s,max-timeout,digit-timeout)
         exten = T,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])
         exten = T,n,                    goto(max-time,s,1)

         exten = h,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])
         exten = h,n,                    goto(settle-card,s,1)

         exten = i,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])
         exten = i,n,                    goto(${CONTEXT},s,1)

         exten = s,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])

 	exten = s,2,                    agi(write-cdr)
         exten = s,n,                    set(PRODUCT=${CONTEXT})
         exten = s,n,                    set(PER-MINUTE=0)
         exten = s,n,                    set(PREAMBLE=${CUSTOMER}/menu/m1101)
         exten = s,n,                   
agi(auth-card,${AUTH-FLAGS},${DEBUG-MODE},${VERBOSE-MODE})
         exten = s,n,                    goto(theme,s,1)

         exten = t,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}])
         exten = t,n,                    goto(${CONTEXT},s,1)

Templates are also useful in other configuration files like sip.conf to 
define 'classes' of parameters like 'dial-in-agent' or
'supervisor' that
can be included in endpoint definitions to reduce clutter, increase 
consistency, and reduce maintenance.

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