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--- userdoc:tt_ast_startup [2012/04/23 05:28]
droemel
+++ userdoc:tt_ast_startup [2012/05/09 16:36]
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 ====== Asterisk Startup Commands ======
-Since Asterisk 1.6.0 there is a config file ''cli.conf'' where you can add CLI commands, which will be executed, when Asterisk starts.
+Since Asterisk 1.6.0 there is a config file ''cli.conf'', where you can add CLI commands, which will be executed, when Asterisk starts.
-With the ''originate'' you can also trigger a "call" at startup. A call to a local dummy extension can trigger a context, where you can e.g. initialize custom lamp states from a database or something else.
+With the ''originate'' command you can also trigger a "call" at startup. A call to a local dummy extension can trigger a context, where you can e.g. initialize custom lamp states (from a database) or something else.
-cli.conf
+//cli.conf//
 <code>;
 ; Asterisk CLI configuration
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 originate local/ast-startup extension s@asterisk-startup = yes</code>
-In this example the local extension ''ast-startup'' call extension ''s'' in context ''asterisk-startup'' (don't forget the "= yes" at the end of the line).
+In this example "originate" calls the local (dummy) extension "ast-startup", it automatically answers and calls extension "s" in context "asterisk-startup" (don't forget the " = yes" at the end of the line :-)).
-extensions.conf
+\\
+//extensions.conf//
 <code>; Ast-Startup Dummy Extension
 exten => ast-startup,1,Answer()
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 [asterisk-startup]
+; these commands will be executed, when Asterisk starts
 exten => s,1,NoOp(Asterisk Startup Script)
 exten => s,n,NoOp(Do whatever you want)
 exten => s,n,Set(DEVICE_STATE(Custom:My-custom-lamp)=NOT_INUSE)
+exten => s,n,Hangup()
 </code>
+\\
+For IP-phones with custom lamps (hints) it can help a lot to reduce the "Subscription Timer" (for BLFs) to 120 sec, otherwise it can take a long time until the lamp states will be refreshed after an Asterisk restart.
+**Update:** At least Asterisk 1.6.2 + 1.8.x already stores the custom device-states in AstDB automatically!
+  database show CustomDevstate
+  /CustomDevstate/My-custom-lamp                    : NOT_INUSE
+  /CustomDevstate/mystate                           : NOT_INUSE