Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, 2nd Edition

Name

Originate — Originates call

Generates an outbound call from Asterisk, and connect the channel to a context/extension/priority combination or dialplan application.

Parameters

Channel

[required] Channel name to call. Once the called channel has answered, the control of the call will be passed to the specified Exten/Context/Priority or Application.

Exten

[optional] Extension to use (requires Context and Priority).

Context

[optional] Context to use (requires Exten and Priority).

Priority

[optional] Priority to use (requires Exten and Context).

Application

[optional] Application to use.

Data

[optional] Data to pass as parameters to the application (requires Application).

Timeout

[optional] How long to wait for call to be answered (in ms).

CallerID

[optional] Caller ID to be set on the outgoing channel.

Variable

[optional] Channel variable to set. Multiple variable headers are allowed.

Account

[optional] Account code.

Async

[optional] Set to true for asynchronous origination. Asynchronous origination allows you to originate one or more calls without waiting for an immediate response.

ActionID

[optional] An identifier that can be used to identify the response to this action.

Privilege

call, all

Example

Action: Originate
Channel: SIP/linksys2
Context: lab
Exten: 201
Priority: 1
CallerID: 
	           
Response: Success
Message: Originate successfully queued
            
Action: Originate
Application: MusicOnHold
Data: default
Channel: SIP/linksys2
	           
Response: SuccessMessage: Originate successfully queued