callweaver/asterisk questions

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Jan 6, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>
> An invalid extension still goes somewhere in the dialplan. Use that
> fallback. In some cases this is as simple as providing a catch-all
> extension - _X. and such. Patterns have lower matching priority than
> actual extensions.
>

Ok, thansks, I'll try that.

>>
>> I want it to go to a voicemail box. The i extension does not work.
>
> exten => 1234,1,Dial(SIP/geoffreymendelson)
>
> exten => _X.,1,Voicemail(geoffreymendelson)
>
>>
>> 2. How do you force the context for an external SIP device or  
>> system. I
>> have an X-Lite softphone and I want to FORCE the calls to a  
>> context. It
>> always uses the context of the domain name. The context= setting  in
>> sip.conf does not work. Note, I want this to work no matter what is  
>> in
>> the context setting, if there is one in X-Lite itself.
>
> in sip.conf:
>
> [xlite]
> ...
> context = the-context-you-want-to-force
>
> If this does not work, you messed something with the authentication.
> Also - disable guest login.
>

Doesn't work, I'll look at the autentication.

>
> exten => 1235,1,SayUnixTime()


I was thinking more of "at the signal the time is"..... time .....  
"beep beep beep beeeeep" (repeats).

Thanks, Geoff.

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