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Is this a &quot;one'liner&quot; you are adding ?? 
 
exten =&gt; s,n 
 
where's the extensions' priority before &quot;n&quot; ? 
 
The code looks fine to me otherwise. 
 
If that is not it...i'm wondering if the # symbol is screwing it up.... I had an issue with a , (comma) messing up my code when using system with echo... so I had to create a global variable as follows.. 
 
COMMA=, 
 
kinda funny looking at it in the dialplan... 
${COMMA} 
 
The other reason this comes to mind is that in Asterisk, sometimes # represents a comma, which leads me to believe that is why you are using it as a seperator. 
 
Try using COMMA=, as a global variable, then substitute # for ${COMMA} 
 
 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-123090">[GLOBALS]
 
COMMA=,
;--------------------------------------------------
 
exten =&gt; s,n,system(echo &quot;IN${COMMA}${CALLERID(name)}${COMMA}${CALLERID(number)}${COMMA}${UNIQUEID}&quot; &gt; /tmp/panels/cid/${UNIQUEID})
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Hi, 
I think I'm not understanding something with the &quot;n&quot; - I was under the impression it represented the next priority in the dialplan - so in the origional dialplan that freePBX creates there is lots and lots of lines that are difficult yo follow, and then under this custome one there is ths &quot;n&quot; entry that will slot itself in wherevr it starts reading the custom dialplan? 
 
[from-internal] has an include for [from-internal-custom] 
and [from-pstn for [from-pstn-custom] 
 
Where I have put the rule. 
Or when it reads the custom section of the dialplan do I have to start it with a 1? 
Will it read the rest of the origional dialplan aftr running through the custom section?
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P.S. 
I'm wanting this rule to be run for all new calls.... so that at any stage of a call the information saved in the files will be accurate, weather the call is direct from outside or from a transfer or out of the parking lot. - I thought these two contexts would cover most of that, but maybe there's a better way? 
Steven
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OK, 've tried 2 things - I'm so scared of breaking something on a roduction system - I have to be very carefull..... 
So I added the following to my extensions_custom.conf - near the top, before the first context heading: 
exten =&gt; 320,1,Answer() 
exten =&gt; 320,2,Noop(Writing 320 CID to file) 
exten =&gt; 320,3,system(echo &quot;IN#${CALLERID(name)}#${CALLERID(number)}#${UNIQUEID}&quot;&gt; /tmp/panels/cid/${UNIQUEID}) 
Result: The file was written: YAY but the extension wouldn't ring: OH %$@% 
 
So I thought because the priority is 1 and 2 and 3 it's sing this custom stuff and not the default stuff in the origional dialplan that worked making calls to 320 ring at 320. 
 
So I tried this: 
exten =&gt; 320,n,Answer() 
exten =&gt; 320,n,Noop(Writing 320 CID to file) 
exten =&gt; 320,n,system(echo &quot;IN#${CALLERID(name)}#${CALLERID(number)}#${UNIQUEID}&quot;&gt; /tmp/panels/cid/${UNIQUEID}) 
 
Result: it rang at 320:YAY but it didn't write the file.... 
 
I hope this is helpful to you understanding my lack of understanding od the Asterisk dialplan. 
 
PS. th 567 stuff in the code snippet are also experimental. 
 
Steven 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-123314">; This file contains example extensions_custom.conf entries.
; extensions_custom.conf should be used to include customizations
; to AMP's Asterisk dialplan.
 
; All custom context should contain the string 'custom' in it's name
 
; Extensions in AMP have access to the 'from-internal' context.
; The context 'from-internal-custom' is included in 'from-internal' by default
 
#include extensions_hud.conf
 
exten =&gt; 567,1,Answer()
exten =&gt; 567,2,AGI(/var/www/html/panel/c2c/weather.php)
exten =&gt; 320,n,Answer()
exten =&gt; 320,n,Noop(Writing 320 CID to file)
exten =&gt; 320,n,system(echo &quot;IN#${CALLERID(name)}#${CALLERID(number)}#${UNIQUEID}&quot;&gt; /tmp/panels/cid/${UNIQUEID})
 
 
[from-internal-custom]
 
;1234,1,Playback(demo-congrats) ; extensions can dial 1234
;1234,2,Hangup()
;h,1,Hangup()
;include =&gt; custom-recordme ; extensions can also dial 5678
 
; Stevenh added this to try save call information to files when calls are transferred.
exten =&gt; s,1,Noop(Writing internal transfer CID to file)
exten =&gt; s,n,system(echo &quot;IN#${CALLERID(name)}#${CALLERID(number)}#${UNIQUEID}&quot;&gt; /tmp/panels/cid/${UNIQUEID})
 
; custom-count2four,s,1 can be used as a custom target for
; a Digital Receptionist menu or a Call Group
;[custom-count2four]
;s,1,SayDigits(1234)
;s,2,Hangup
 
; custom-recordme,5678,1 can be used as a custom target for
; a Digital Receptionist menu or a Call Group
;[custom-recordme]
;exten =&gt; 5678,1,Wait(2)
;exten =&gt; 5678,2,Record(/tmp/asterisk-recording:gsm)
;exten =&gt; 5678,3,Wait(2)
;exten =&gt; 5678,4,Playback(/tmp/asterisk-recording)
;exten =&gt; 5678,5,Wait(2)
;exten =&gt; 5678,6,Hangup
 
[custom-meetme3]
exten =&gt; s,1,Answer
exten =&gt; s,n,Wait(3)
exten =&gt; s,n,CBMysql()
exten =&gt; s,n,Hangup
 
; Stevenh added this to try save call information to files when calls are transferred.
[from-pstn-custom]
exten =&gt; s,n,Noop(Writing From-PSTN CID to file)
exten =&gt; s,n,system(echo &quot;IN#${CALLERID(name)}#${CALLERID(number)}#${UNIQUEID}&quot;&gt; /tmp/panels/cid/${UNIQUEID})
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&quot;So I tried this: 
exten =&gt; 320,n,Answer() 
exten =&gt; 320,n,Noop(Writing 320 CID to file) 
exten =&gt; 320,n,system(echo &quot;IN#${CALLERID(name)}#${CALLERID(number)}#${UNIQUEID}&quot;&gt; /tmp/panels/cid/${UNIQUEID})&quot; 
 
The reason that rang but didn't write the file is because you have 320 somewhere else in your dialplan or a &quot;catch all&quot; extension .X... &nbsp;When you started this ext. with priority n, that caused it to bypass these lines completely, because a reload of the dialplan would have taken all of it out of the system. 

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Remember, the way asterisk processes the dialplan is in this order... 
CONTEXT, then EXTENSION, then PRIORITY ! 
 
So two different extensions within the same context will have their own set of priorities...
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Hey. 
Thanks so much for the help and your patience. The answertothis question has raised several more which I will now post. 
Thanks again. 
Steven
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Hey, 
I am trying to get cid information for an extensions on a php page. 
As I understand it, the options for doing this are: 
1. editing the dialplan to write this caller ID to a mysql table 
2. editing the dialplan t write the caller ID to an xml file that the page parses. 
I tried number 2 as there is a nice example <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9159" rel="ugc">http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9159</a>&nbsp;that would be nice to follow. 
So I added the line to my extensions_custom.conf as in code snippet: 
 
But I'm not getting the files and I can't see at the cli that it's even seeing the rule. 
 
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. 
 
Steven 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-121641">from-internal-custom]
 
;1234,1,Playback(demo-congrats) ; extensions can dial 1234
;1234,2,Hangup()
;h,1,Hangup()
;include =&gt; custom-recordme ; extensions can also dial 5678
 
; Stevenh added this to try save call information to files when calls are transferred.
exten =&gt; s,n,system(echo &quot;IN#${CALLERID(name)}#${CALLERID(number)}#${UNIQUEID}&quot;&gt; /tmp/panels/cid/${UNIQUEID})
 
; Stevenh added this to try save call information to files when calls are transferred.
[from-pstn-custom]
exten =&gt; s,n,system(echo &quot;IN#${CALLERID(name)}#${CALLERID(number)}#${UNIQUEID}&quot;&gt; /tmp/panels/cid/${UNIQUEID})
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Hey,
I am trying to get cid information for an extensions on a php page.
As I understand it, the options for doing this are:
1. editing the dialplan to write this caller ID to a mysql table
2. editing the dialplan t write the caller ID to an xml file that the page parses.
I tried number 2 as there is a nice example http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9159 that would be nice to follow.
So I added the line to my extensions_custom.conf as in code snippet:

But I'm not getting the files and I can't see at the cli that it's even seeing the rule.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

Steven

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