Hunt for open line

Asterisk Asterisk Support
#1

I have two zap lines and I when calling out I would like asterisk to find an open line. I currently use:

exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,1,ChanIsAvail(${LINES},s)
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,2,Dial(${AVAILORIGCHAN}/${EXTEN},Tt)
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,3,Congestion( )
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,103,Congestion( )

Where LINES is a global variable and defined as:
LINES => Zap/3&Zap/4

Currently if Zap/3 is being used then it will dial using zap/4. If there is no line connected to zap/3 it still attempts to use it. The problem is that I do not know if there will be a line connected to zap/3. How do I have asterisk determine if the line is useable?

#2

Easy fix, in your zaptel.conf add group=0 and then dial ZAP/g0 instead of Zap/3. Basically your telling it to use one of the channels in group 0. Asterisk will find the open channel and use it.

Mat

#3

I tried adding group=0, but when I run ztcfg I get an error stating that “group” is not a valid statement. Here is my zaptel.conf.

fxsks=3
fxsks=4
loadzone=us
defaultzone=us
group=0

What am I doing wrong?

#4

The “group” keyword has to be put in zapata.conf, you find it the asterisk configuration directory, not in the zaptel.conf file.

Cheers.

Marco Bruni

#5

Oops, my bad. He is right zapata.conf, not zaptel.conf.

Mat