Another option to you might just be easier. Does your PBX ring your desk phone for a while and then move on to IVR/auto-attendant? If it already does, do you have a DoNotDisturb button on your phone? That's pretty straightforward.
The way we do the switch thing is as follows: exten => *6,1,GotoIf($["${DB(night/enabled)}" = "1"]?2:102) exten => *6,2,Set(oldval=${DB_DELETE(night/enabled)}) exten => *6,3,System(rm /home/pbx/night_mode) exten => *6,4,Playback(hcllc-nightmode-off) exten => *6,5,Hangup exten => *6,102,Set(DB(night/enabled)="1") exten => *6,103,System(touch /home/pbx/night_mode) exten => *6,104,Playback(hcllc-nightmode-on) exten => *6,105,Hangup Then, in my incoming from PSTN context, I check like this: ... exten => s,6,GotoIf($["${DB(night/enabled)}" = "1"]?7:107) exten => s,7,Goto(attendant-closed,s,1) exten => s,107,Dial(${RECEPTIONIST},15,tw) exten => s,108,Dial(${RECEPTIONIST_AND_MOJO},10,tw) exten => s,109,Goto(attendant-open,s,1) *6 is for *N, for people to remember (N)ight mode. In my *6 extension, I create a mutex in a sense, the file called 'night_mode' in /home/pbx -- this lets me determine if night mode is enabled via external systems, like those written in PHP for a webpage or something else for a shell script, maybe as a cron schedule that rings your desk to remind you that night mode is still on... It is not needed for my incoming context; that context uses the astdb. Mojo Ade Vickers wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been playing around with an Asterisk server in my office for a few > weeks now, and I've got it pretty much nailed down the way I want it, which > is nice. > > One of the features I'm using is the ability to switch different contexts in > & out of the dialplan on a schedule. So, for example, I've got the > "official" tel number ringing my desk phone between 9.00-17.30 mon-fri; and > out of those hours any caller gets a recorded message + sent to voicemail. > > However, I'm quite often working later than 17.30, and would quite like to > be able to easily "flick a switch" which tells Asterisk that, actually, I'm > here in the office, and I'd quite like to receive calls. Currently, I have > to alter dialplans.conf, comment out a couple of lines & uncomment another; > save & then re-load the dialplan. > > I'm guessing I've got 3 options open to me: > > 1) Convert from using the various .conf files, to using a "realtime" config, > then write a small front-end to the DB so I can access the settings from a > simple switch on my Windows desktop > 2) Write some kind of script which I can execute on the Asterisk box which > makes the same changes I'm currently making manually > 3) Some other option I've not thought of... > > > What's the panel's opinion on the best way to do this? > > > For info: > Asterisk 1.4.5 running on Ubuntu 7.04 > Digium-compatible AX100P card providing connection to POTS line > (this is the one that needs controlling) > 2 SIP extensions (Grandstream GXP2000) > Numerous SIPGATE lines (these are configured as I like them already) > > > Much appreciated in advance. > > Cheers, > Ade. > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1034 - Release Date: 27/09/2007 > 17:00 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users