Global variables?

Asterisk Asterisk Support
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After a struggle with DAHDI - I’ve just upgraded my AsteriskNow server to v1.6.2.17.2 however incoming calls are failing via my previously working dialplan???

The problem appears to be I’ve two [global] strings one a mobile number and another a list of local snom phone. Depending on certain conditions there is a macro to add the mobile number onto the local snom phone list and set a database variable which is the used in a dial command to ring the extensions.

On checking the CLI with an incoming call the dial string is blank - it appears the macro cannot now ‘see’ the global variables.

Now I haven’t specifically done an include = global in the local context but it worked before

Is this a new ‘feature’ ??

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From what version you’ve just upgraded?

And show how’re you using global variables in dialplan

3

Was 1.6.2.16.??

under the
[globals] section I have something like…
OFFICEPHONES=sip/phone1&sip/phone2&sip/phone3

in a later context i’m using …
exten => 8722,1,Macro(callgroup)
exten => 8722,2,Dial(${PHONELIST},15,t)

[macro-callgroup]
exten => s,n,Set(PHONELIST=${OFFICEPHONES},g)

I’ve tried adding an
exten => s,1,Noop({OFFICEPHONES}) as the first line of the macro and ~OFFICEPHONES is blank…

Did work under previous version - Honest :smile:

By expanding out the ${OFFICEPHONES} in the macro to sip/phone1&sip/… it does work and passes the value PHONELIST back to the calling context…??

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It’s seems that nothing serious (at first sight) have changed with global variables since your previous verision…

First, check globals in console: "asterisk -rx ‘core show globals’ "

Second, try using NoOp(${GLOBAL(OFFICEPHONES)}) to access global variable.

5

Any luck?

I’m having the same issue and although it works again after a ‘dialplan reload’ command, It happens again everytime I restart asterisk.