Hi all,
I an new to asterisk ans i came across a command line - originate SIP/trunk101/11812 application Dial. What is actually happening through command . please help me.
It means to place an outgoing call and once answered direct it somewhere[1].
[1] Creating and Manipulating Channels from the CLI - Asterisk Documentation
On Monday 09 June 2025 at 10:21:36, sanjini via Asterisk Community wrote:
I an new to asterisk ans i came across a command line - originate
SIP/trunk101/11812 application Dial. What is actually happening through
command . please help me.
We cannot possibly answer such a broad question without a lot more context.
Show us a dialplan, show us logs, tell us what the problem is - give us enough
information to understand what sort of system you are working with and what
your specific question is. Also tell us which version of Asterisk you are
using, and what you mean by “I came across a command line” - where did you
come across it?
Antony.
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As well as the points already been made. The chan_sip driver, that this example uses, has been retired and is not present in the official versions of Asterisk 21 and onwards.
Also Dial always needs a parameter, but none is provided in your example.