ANSWER is not working in ${DIALSTATUS}?

Asterisk Asterisk Support
1

Hi could anyone help me with this problem?

I have a macro in my dialplan, for example:

exten=s,1,Answer()
exten=s,n,Dial(${ARG2},20,A(blah))
exten=s,n,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1)
exten=s-NOANSWER,1,TrySystem(echo "no answer" > /tmp/log.txt)
exten=s-NOANSWER,n,Voicemail(${ARG1},u)
exten=s-NOANSWER,n,Goto(default,s,1)
exten=s-BUSY,1,TrySystem(echo "busy" > /tmp/log.txt)
exten=s-BUSY,n,Voicemail(${ARG1},b)
exten=s-BUSY,n,Goto(default,s,1)
exten=s-ANSWER,1,TrySystem(echo "Answered" > /tmp/log.txt)
exten=s-ANSWER,n,Goto(default,s,1)
exten=s-CHANUNAVAIL,1,TrySystem(echo "CHANUNAVAIL" > /tmp/log.txt)
exten=s-CHANUNAVAIL,n,Goto(default,s,1)
exten=_s-.,1,TrySystem(echo "${DIALSTATUS}" > /tmp/log.txt)
exten=_s-.,n,Goto(default,s,1)
exten=a,1,VoicemailMain(${ARG1})

However, when the call is “BUSY” or “NOANSWER”, i can receive the newly created log file, but if I answered the call, nothing happened.

So could anyone help me that how i can track the “answered” channel and do stuff according to it, say for example, i want to log the call time?

Thanks in advance!

2

Hi, can anyone help me out of this problem? I still can not do it in Macro.

Thanks in advance!

3

Flag “g” will help you. Please read documentation carefully :smile:

4

of course you need the g option, otherwise you will not come back from the dial… and you cannot catch the status of the call

5

Oh! Are you Guru? That’s fine!!! What about if the calling party hangs up the call, not the called one? What will be DIALSTATUS? :wink:

6

Oh! Are you Guru? That’s fine!!! What about if the calling party hangs up the call, not the called one? What will be DIALSTATUS? :wink:[/quote]

:unamused: who stole your marmelade?
I was just explaining to the guy the reason why for the g.

anyway the status would be CANCEL… :unamused:

but you cannot pick it up in the same extension, you need the “h” one

man… chill out

7

I really cannot chill out right now, because I have a big problem getting CANCEL. I have a very complex dialplan, containing 5 strings :smile:

exten => s,1,Answer()
exten => s,n,WaitExten()
exten => _X.,1,Dial(SIP/Trunk/${EXTEN})
exten => _X.,n,NoOp(${DIALSTATUS})
exten => _X.,n,Hangup

In this case I am able to get only BUSY and CHANUNAVAIL with NoOp. If I add “g” to the Dial command I can get ANSWER, but only if the called party hangs up first. And I never get CANCEL if I hang up first. Is this case NoOp does not work at all and a call attempt ends somewhere within the Dial().
What did you mean writing that: “but you cannot pick it up in the same extension, you need the “h” one”?

8

yes, you need the h if the caller hangs up…

so you will pick up inside

context some_context {
…
h => {
// some action to perfom here
};
…

};

sorry for the language, but i just use ael since years… so I am not really into normal .conf

9

i am facing the exact same issue i would appreciate if you will help how you resolved the issue.

10

Hello would u please guide more how to use h extension

11

http://the-asterisk-book.com/1.6/besondere-extensions.html

Note that you can now also use hangup handlers.