[VoIP] extensions.conf unhandled extensions

[Ian Jolly]

Hi Mark

I'm puzzled as the lines to deal with the unallocated numbers were in the 
configs I wrote.

The way the US guys approach things are different from ours.  Quite a few of 
the US guys just use CNET as somewhere to use an Asterisk and hence are not 
trying to reproduce the system as it was in the days when our old exchanges 
were in use. Hence their use of Asterisk in its unaltered form.  The 'catch 
all' should have been at the end of the two contexts - [Aulocal] and 
[fromcnet] . Maybe you didn't spot them but I did  comment them as 'Nu tone 
on spare numbers'

exten => _X.,1,Macro(AUNUtone)  ; NU Tone on spare numbers

Have you got a list of the relays in your final selector (i.e. A, B, CD, E , 
F, G. etc) and any details of labels or other markings on the selector. 
Does it have two or three pairs of wipers on the main shaft?

regards

Ian


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mad Mark" <madmanmarkau at hotmail.com>
To: "VOIP" <voip at ckts.info>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:43 AM
Subject: [VoIP] extensions.conf unhandled extensions


>
> I've been looking over the extensions.conf in my *box (Asterisk 1.2) and I 
> can't tell how to trap unhandled extensions.
>
> I've backed up my entire * config, and have been having a play learning 
> how the extensions file works. It's quite simple in reality, but I haven't 
> found a way to trap all extensions that don't match any of the pattern 
> matching done in the file. Is there a special context or extension name 
> for unhandled extensions? Any help?
>
> I also had a play with my line finder switch last night. Spent three hours 
> desoldering all the terminals - 210 of them, or thereabouts. Strangly, I 
> didn't find it tedious. I actually found it quite relaxing and theraputic. 
> I've cleaned and tinned all connections and repaired a couple of things 
> like bent supports for the return springs, oiled it and cleaned the 
> terminal bank. It's in top working order now, and I'm one step closer to 
> building my exchange. I should be getting a suitable power supply in a few 
> days, so I'll be able to see my equipment come to life for the first time 
> in 40 years.