Playback file in Call Waiting on Asterisk

Question

Please help in the problem that I encountered recently.

When implementing the function of informing the caller "User talking on the first line Please wait or call back later." With the function "Call Waiting" in the Asterisk I use this macro:

extensions_custom.conf

[from-internal-custom]
exten => _XXX,1,Macro(check-number,${EXTEN})
include => macro-check-number

[macro-check-number]
exten => s,1,NoOp(Enter in macro-check-number)
exten => s,n,Set(devst=${DEVICE_STATE(SIP/${ARG1})})
exten => s,n,ExecIf($["${devst}" = "INUSE"]?Playback(ml))
exten => s,n,NoOp(Exit from macro-check-number)

ml - filename for playback

And this feature works!

But the macro works for the entire Asterisk, this queue calls, group calls - and that is the problem.

I have an idea - a group of calls and queue calls to assign numbers four-digit extensions, for example: 2222 - but are not you should not be, it is a false solution to the problem, because of which in the future could be a problem!

Maybe somebody faced a similar problem?

This is very dependent on your dialplan. You could set a variable when entering the dialplan to activate functions like this, while the variable is unset when entering group or queue context. — Roland Rusch
Thanks, I was thinking about this option, but unfortunately, it is possible so that I have little experience in dealing with macro - I have not found a solution. I would be grateful for the help! — Danila Abramenko

3XTON 3XTON · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-09T12:59:46

You don't need to include section in the from-internal-custom context as extensions_custom.conf file is included in the dial plan.

You need to change the pattern of extension:

[from-internal-custom]
exten => _99XXX,1,Macro(check-number,${EXTEN:2})

[macro-check-number]
exten => s,1,NoOp(Enter in macro-check-number)
exten => s,n,Set(devst=${DEVICE_STATE(SIP/${ARG1})})
exten => s,n,ExecIf($["${devst}" = "INUSE"]?Playback(ml))
exten => s,n,NoOp(Exit from macro-check-number)

Playback file in Call Waiting on Asterisk

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