Asterisk Dialplan Commands

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Here is a list of all the commands that you can use in your Dialplan(extensions.conf).

Obtaining a list of available applications in the CLI

Asterisk 1.4 or earlier: Type “show applications” or “show application <name>”

Asterisk 1.6 or later: Type “core show applications” or “core show application <name>”

Page Contents

Notes:

  • An alphabetical list can be found at the end of this page
  • Please only list applications integrated in the Asterisk releases or CVS versions, with notes about version where it is included. Third party add-ons is listed in a separate section.
  • Colors:
    • Green – Added/functional version
    • Orange – Deprecated version
    • Red – Removed/no longer in present version

 

General commands

  • Authenticate: Authenticate a user. (1.0)
  • Bridge: Connect two arbitrary callers. (1.6)
  • ChannelRedirect: Redirect an existing channel to the dialplan. (1.4)
  • CheckGroup: Checks if the total # of channels exceeds max. Deprecated in favor of GROUP_COUNT. (1.2, 1.4)
  • ClearHash: Clear the keys from a specified hashname (1.6)
  • Curl: Allows for the retrieval of external URLs. Also supports POSTing. Deprecated in favor of CURL. (1.2, 1.4).
  • DUNDiLookup: Look up a number with DUNDi. Deprecated in favor ofDUNDILOOKUP. (1.2, 1.4)
  • GetGroupCount: Group count for specified group or channel is in. Deprecated in favor of GROUP_COUNT (1.2, 1.4)
  • GetGroupMatchCount: Calculates group count for all groups that match pattern. Deprecated in favor of GROUP_MATCH_COUNT (1.2, 1.4)
  • KeepAlive: Returns AST_PBX_KEEPALIVE value (1.6)
  • Log: Append text to the Asterisk log file(s) (1.4)
  • Page: Page multiple endpoints at once. (1.2)
  • Asterisk cmd PickupChan: Pickup a ringing channel (1.6)
  • SendDTMF: Sends arbitrary DTMF digits. (1.0)
  • SendImage: Send an image file. (1.0)
  • SendText: Send client a text message. (1.0)
  • SendURL: Send a client a URL to display. (1.0)
  • SetGroup: Sets the group for the current channel. Deprecated in favor ofGROUP (1.2, 1.4)
  • System: Execute a system command. (1.0)
  • Transfer: Transfer caller to remote extension. (1.0)
  • TrySystem: Execute a system command with always 0 returned. (1.0)
  • VMAuthenticate: Authenticate a user based on voicemail.conf. (1.2)
  • Wait: Waits for some time. (1.0)
  • WaitExten: Waits for some time for caller to dial a new extension. (1.0)
  • WaitForRing: Wait for Ring Application. (1.0)
  • WaitMusicOnHold: Wait, playing Music On Hold. Deprecated in favor of extended MusicOnHold. (1.6)

 

Billing

 

Call management (hangup, answer, dial, etc)

  • AMD: Answering machine detection. (1.4)
  • Answer: Answer a channel if ringing. (1.0)
  • Busy: Indicate busy condition and wait for hangup. (1.0)
  • ChanIsAvail: Check if channel is available. (1.0)
  • Congestion: Indicate congestion and wait for hangup. (1.0)
  • Dial: Place a call and connect to the current channel. (1.0)
  • DISA: DISA (Direct Inward System Access). (1.0)
  • Hangup: Unconditional hangup. (1.0)
  • Asterisk cmd Incomplete: Returns AST_PBX_INCOMPLETE value. (1.6)
  • Originate: Originate a call and connect to a specified extension or application (1.6.2)
  • RetryDial: Place a call, retrying on failure allowing optional exit extension. (1.2)
  • Ringing: Indicate ringing. (1.0)

 

Caller presentation (ID, Name etc)

 

ADSI

  • ADSIProg: Load Asterisk ADSI Scripts into phone. (1.0)
  • GetCPEID: Get ADSI CPE ID. (1.0)

 

Database handling

  • DBdel: Delete a key from the database. Deprecated in favor of DB_DELETE. (1.4, 1.6)
  • DBdeltree: Delete a family or keytree from the database. (1.0)
  • DBget: Retrieve a value from the database. Deprecated in favor of DB. (1.4, 1.6)
  • DBput: Store a value in the database. Deprecated in favor of DB. (1.4, 1.6)
  • Asterisk cmd ODBCFinish: Clear the resultset of a successful multirow query (1.6)
  • RealTime: Populate variables with details from database using RealTime. Deprecated in favor of REALTIME. (1.4, 1.6)
  • RealTimeUpdate: Update a field in a database using RealTime. Deprecated in favor of REALTIME. (1.4, 1.6)

See Asterisk database for more information.

Application integration

  • AGI: Executes an AGI compliant application. (1.0)
  • DeadAGI: Executes AGI on a hung-up channel. (1.0)
  • EAGI: Executes an AGI compliant application with sound channels. (1.0)
  • EnumLookup: Lookup number in ENUM. Deprecated in favor of ENUMLOOKUP. (1.2, 1.4)
  • ExternalIVR: Executes an ExternalIVR generator. (1.2)
  • JabberJoin: Join a group chat. (1.8)
  • Asterisk cmd JabberLeave: Leave a group chat. (1.8)
  • JabberSend: Send a text message via Jabber. (1.4)
  • Asterisk cmd JabberSendGroup: Send a message to a group chat. (1.8)
  • JabberStatus: Return presence status of client or transport as values 1-7 (1.4)
  • Jack: Interface to JACK audio for audio manipulation. (1.6)
  • Read: Read DTMF tones into a variable. (1.0)
  • ReadFile: Read the contents of a text file into a channel variable. (1.2)
  • TXTCIDName: Lookup caller name from TXT record. Deprecated in favor of TXTCIDNAME. (1.2, 1.4)
  • UserEvent: Send an arbitrary event to the manager interface. (1.0)

 

Control flow & timeouts

  • AbsoluteTimeout: Set absolute maximum time of call. Deprecated in favor of TIMEOUT(absolute) (1.2, 1.4)
  • Asterisk cmd AELSub: Launch subroutine built with AEL (1.4)
  • ContinueWhile: Restart a while loop (1.4)
  • DigitTimeout: Set maximum timeout between digits. Deprecated in favor of TIMEOUT(digit) (1.2, 1.4+)
  • EndWhile: End A While Loop. (1.2)
  • Exec: Execute dialplan application. (1.0)
  • ExecIf: Conditional exec. (1.2)
  • ExecIfTime: Executes dialplan application conditionally based on current time. (1.2)
  • ExitWhile: End a While loop. (1.2)
  • Gosub: Jump to a subroutine and return. (1.2)
  • GosubIf: Conditional jump to a subroutine and return (1.2)
  • Goto: Goto a particular priority, extension, or context. (1.0)
  • GotoIf: Conditional goto. (1.0)
  • GotoIfTime: Conditional goto on current time. (1.0)
  • Macro: Macro Implementation. Deprecated in favor of Gosub/Return. (1.6)
  • MacroExclusive: Only one channel at a time may call this macro, all others have to wait (1.4) Replaced by dialplan functions LOCK(), TRYLOCK(), and UNLOCK() (1.6)
  • MacroExit: Exit the macro as if it had fully completed (1.4) Deprecated in favor of Return (1.6)
  • Asterisk cmd MacroIf: Conditional Macro Implementation. Deprecated in favor of GosubIf (1.6)
  • NoOp: No operation. For debugging, see Verbose or Log. (1.0)
  • Random: jump to a specified location based on a random probability. Deprecated in favor of GotoIf($[${RAND(1,100)} > <number>]?<label>) (1.4, 1.6)
  • ResponseTimeout: Set maximum timeout awaiting response. Deprecated in favor of TIMEOUT(response) (1.2, 1.4)
  • Return: Return from a Gosub or GosubIf. (1.2)
  • StackPop: Remove a return address without returning. (1.2)
  • While: Start A While Loop. (1.2)

 

String & variable manipulation

  • Cut: Split a string on a specified delimiter. Deprecated in favor of CUT. (1.2, 1.4)
  • DumpChan: Dump Info About The Calling Channel. (1.0)
  • ImportVar: Set variable to value. (1.2)
  • Math: Perform (rather simple) calculations. Deprecated in favor of MATH. (1.2, 1.4)
  • MSet: Set channel variable(s) or function value(s) (1.6)
  • SetGlobalVar: Set variable to value. Deprecated in favor of Asterisk func global. (1.2, 1.4)
  • Set: Set channel variable(s) or function value(s). (1.0)

 

Sounds: Playback

  • Background: Play a sound file while waiting an extension. (1.0)
  • BackgroundDetect: Background a file with talk detect. (1.0)
  • ControlPlayback: Play a sound file with fast forward, rewind and exit controls. (1.0)
  • DateTime: Say the date and/or time. Same as SayUnixTime. (1.0)
  • Echo: Echo audio read back to the user. (1.0)
  • Festival: Say text with the Festival voice synthesizer. (1.0)
  • Milliwatt: Generate a Constant 1000Hz tone at 0dbm (mu-law) (1.0)
  • MP3Player: Play an MP3 sound file or stream. (1.0)
  • MusicOnHold: Play Music On Hold indefinitely. (1.0)
  • Playback: Play a sound file. (1.0)
  • Playtones: Play a tone list while executing other commands. (1.0)
  • Proceeding: Indicate proceeding (1.6)
  • Progress: Play early audio to the caller before answering the line. (1.0)
  • SayUnixTime: Say the date and/or time. (1.0)
  • SayAlpha: Say Alpha. (1.0)
  • Asterisk cmd SayCountedAdj: Say declining counting phrases (1.8)
  • Asterisk cmd SayCountedNoun: Say declining counting phrases (1.8)
  • SayDigits: Say Digits. (1.0)
  • SayNumber: Say Number. (1.0)
  • SayPhonetic: Say Phonetic. (1.0)
  • SetMusicOnHold: Set default Music On Hold class. Deprecated in favor of CHANNEL(musicclass) (1.6)
  • SetLanguage: Change language setting for sound playback. Deprecated in favor of LANGUAGE. (1.2, 1.4)
  • StopPlaytones: Stop playing a tone list. (1.0)

See Asterisk sound files for more information.

Sounds: Recording and monitoring (listening-in)

  • ChangeMonitor: Change monitoring filename of a channel. (1.0)
  • ChanSpy: Universal channel barge-in. (1.2)
  • Dictate: Records and plays back a dictation. (1.2)
  • ExtenSpy: Listen/whisper to a specific extension (1.4)
  • MixMonitor: Record and mix call legs natively (unlike Monitor). (1.2)
  • Monitor: Record a telephone conversation to a sound file. (1.0)
  • Record: Record user voice input to a file. (1.0)
  • StopMonitor: Stop monitoring a channel. (1.0)
  • StopMixMonitor: Stop monitoring a channel monitored with MixMonitor. (1.4)

 

SIP commands

 

DAHDI (was ZAP) commands

  • DAHDIBarge: Barge in (monitor) DAHDI channel (was ZapBarge) (1.0)
  • DAHDIRAS: Provide ISDN data service (was ZapRAS)
  • DAHDIScan: Scan DAHDI channels to monitor calls (was ZapScan)
  • DAHDISendKeypadFacility: Send digits out of band over a PRI
  • Flash: Flashes a Zap/DAHDI Trunk. (1.0)
  • ZapCD: ISDN call deflection (bristuff)
  • Asterisk cmd BristuffZapEC: Echo cancellation on/off (bristuff)

See Asterisk zap channels, zapata.conf for more information.

Voicemail and conferencing

  • ConfBridge: Conference bridge application. (1.6.2)
  • Directory: Provide directory of voicemail extensions. (1.0)
  • HasNewVoicemail: Conditionally branches to priority + 101. Deprecated in favor of VMCOUNT. (1.4, 1.6)
  • Asterisk cmd HasVoicemail: Conditionally branches to priority + 101. Deprecated in favor of VMCOUNT. (1.4, 1.6)
  • MailboxExists: Checks if mailbox exists. (1.0+)
  • MeetMe: Simple MeetMe conference bridge. (1.0)
  • MeetMeAdmin: MeetMe conference Administration. (1.0)
  • Asterisk cmd MeetMeChannelAdmin: MeetMe conference Administration (channel specific) (1.6)
  • MeetMeCount: MeetMe participant count. (1.0)
  • MiniVM: Mini-Voicemail (1.6)
  • MinivmAccMess: Mini-Voicemail – record account specific messages (1.6)
  • MinivmDelete: Mini-Voicemail – delete voicemail messages (1.6)
  • MinivmGreet: Mini-Voicemail – Play prompts (1.6)
  • MinivmNotify: Mini-Voicemail – Notify voicemail owner about new messages (1.6)
  • MinivmRecord: Mini-Voicemail – Receive voicemail and forward via email (1.6)
  • VoiceMail: Leave a voicemail message. (1.0)
  • VoiceMailMain: Enter voicemail system. (1.0)
  • VMAuthenticate: Authenticate a user based on voicemail.conf. (1.2)
  • Asterisk cmd VMSayName: Play the recording name of the voicemail user if it exists, otherwise play the mailbox number. (1.8)

See voicemail.conf for more information.

Queue and ACD management

 

Short Message Service (SMS)

  • SMS: Pass SMS (short messaging service) to and from SMSc (SMS Center). (1.0)

 

Alarm Monitoring/Central Station

  • AlarmReceiver: Emulate an Ademco Contact ID Alarm Receiver. (1.0)

 

Amateur Radio/Repeater Linking

  • Rpt: Support Amateur Radio and Commercial Two Way Repeater Linking. (1.0)

 

External applications – not in the Digium distribution (svn or http tarballs)

  • ALSAMonitor: Monitor the ALSA console.
  • app Prepaid: Designed for Postgres
  • ASR – professional, multi lingual speech recognition for Asterisk
  • Asterisk app_dbodbc: Dialplan modifiers using unixODBC
  • Backticks: Store shell command result to asterisk variable
  • DBRewrite: Execute perl compatible regular expression and substitution out of a MySQL Database.
  • DBQuery: Execute predefined queries against MySQL Servers, and get the result back into the dialplan.
  • DTMFToText: Enter alphanumeric strings with DTMF phone
  • DynExtenDB: Store extensions in database
  • Flite: Say text with the Festival Lite voice synthesizer (faster response than Festival)
  • ICES: Streaming calls to the Internet
  • Iconv: Convert character sets.
  • LDAPget: Retrieve a value from a LDAP directory server
  • MYSQL: Perform various mySQL database activities.
  • NBScat: Play an NBS local stream
  • PPPD: PPP daemon connector
  • Perl: res_perl is the mod_perl of Apache, only for Asterisk.
  • PHP: res_php integrates PHP into Asterisk without AGI.
  • PPPD: PPP daemon connector
  • Vxml – professional, VoiceXML interpreter for Asterisk

Bristuff application

All of those are part of the Bristuff asterisk patch.

  • Asterisk cmd BristuffAutoanswer: Autoanswer a call for a specified extension
  • Asterisk cmd BristuffAutoanswerLogin: Login to the autoanswer application
  • Devstate: Generate a device state change event (inuse, busy, ringing …)
  • PickUp: Mostly channel independent.
  • PickUpChan: Pick up the specified channel
  • Asterisk cmd BristuffPickupSIPuri
  • PickDown: Hang up on a remotely ringing call
  • Asterisk cmd BristuffSegfault: Crash Asterisk with segfault
  • Steal: Take over a bridged call (leg)
  • ZapCD: ISDN call deflection
  • Asterisk cmd BristuffZapEc: Enable or disable echo cancellation for Zap
  • Asterisk cmd BristuffZapInband: Inband call progress (pre-answer)

 

vISDN applications

  • Asterisk cmd vISDNOverlapDial)

 

Applications for Sirrix channels

  • SrxDeflect: Deflect an incoming call
  • SrxEchoCan: Disable/enable Echo Cancellation
  • SrxMWI: Set / reset MessageWaitingIndication (MWI) on a Sirrix group

 

 

Alphabetical list

  • AbsoluteTimeout: Set absolute maximum time of call. Deprecated in favor of TIMEOUT(absolute) (1.2, 1.4)
  • AddQueueMember: Dynamically adds queue members. (1.0)
  • ADSIProg: Load Asterisk ADSI Scripts into phone. (1.0)
  • Asterisk cmd AELSub: Launch subroutine built with AEL (1.4)
  • AgentCallbackLogin: Call agent callback login. Deprecated. (1.4, 1.6)
  • AgentLogin: Call agent login. (1.0)
  • AgentMonitorOutgoing: Monitor Outgoing Agent Calls. (1.0)
  • AGI: Executes an AGI compliant application. (1.0)
  • AlarmReceiver: Emulate an Ademco Contact ID Alarm Receiver. (1.0)
  • ALSAMonitor: Monitor the ALSA console. (3rd party addon)
  • AMD: Answering machine detection. (1.4)
  • Answer: Answer a channel if ringing. (1.0)
  • AppendCDRUserField: Append data to the CDR user field. Deprecated in favor of CDR(userfield) (1.4, 1.6)
  • Authenticate: Authenticate a user. (1.0)
  • BackGround: Play a file while awaiting extension. (1.0)
  • BackgroundDetect: Background a file with talk detect. (1.0)
  • Bridge: Connect two arbitrary callers. (1.6)
  • Busy: Indicate busy condition and wait for hangup. (1.0)
  • CallingPres: Change the presentation for the callerid in a ZAP channel (1.2)
  • ChangeMonitor: Change monitoring filename of a channel. (1.0)
  • ChanIsAvail: Check if channel is available. (1.0)
  • ChannelRedirect: Redirect an existing channel to the dialplan. (1.4)
  • ChanSpy: Universal channel barge-in. (1.2)
  • CheckGroup: Checks if the total # of channels exceeds max. Deprecated in favor of GROUP_COUNT. (1.2, 1.4)
  • ClearHash: Clear the keys from a specified hashname (1.6)
  • ConfBridge: Conference bridge application. (1.6.2)
  • Congestion: Indicate congestion and wait for hangup. (1.0)
  • ContinueWhile: Restart a while loop (1.4)
  • ControlPlayback: Play a sound file with fast forward, rewind and exit controls. (1.0)
  • Curl: Allows for the retrieval of external URLs. Also supports POSTing. Deprecated in favor of CURL. (1.2, 1.4).
  • Cut: Split a string on a specified delimiter. Deprecated in favor of CUT. (1.2, 1.4)
  • DAHDIBarge: Barge in (monitor) Zap channel (was ZapBarge) (1.0)
  • DAHDIRAS: Provide ISDN data service (was ZapRAS)
  • DAHDIScan: Scan Zap channels to monitor calls (was ZapScan)
  • DAHDISendKeypadFacility: Send digits out of band over a PRI (was ZapSendKeypadFacility)
  • DateTime: Say the date and/or time. Same as SayUnixTime. (1.0)
  • DBdel: Delete a key from the database. Deprecated in favor of DB_DELETE. (1.4, 1.6)
  • DBdeltree: Delete a family or keytree from the database. (1.0)
  • DBget: Retrieve a value from the database. Deprecated in favor of DB. (1.4, 1.6)
  • DBput: Store a value in the database. Deprecated in favor of DB. (1.4, 1.6)
  • DBQuery: Execute predefined queries against MySQL Servers, and get the result back into the dialplan. (3rd party addon)
  • DBRewrite: Execute perl compatible regular expression and substitution out of a MySQL Database. (3rd party addon)
  • DeadAGI: Executes AGI on a hungup channel. (1.0)
  • Dial: Place an call and connect to the current channel. (1.0)
  • Dictate: Records and plays back a dictation. (1.2)
  • DigitTimeout: Set maximum timeout between digits. Deprecated in favor of TIMEOUT(digit) (1.2, 1.4)
  • Directory: Provide directory of voicemail extensions. (1.0)
  • DISA: DISA (Direct Inward System Access). (1.0)
  • DTMFToText: Enter alphanumeric strings with DTMF phone (3rd party addon)
  • DumpChan: Dump Info About The Calling Channel. (1.0)
  • DUNDiLookup: Look up a number with DUNDi. Deprecate in favor of DUNDILOOKUP. (1.2, 1.4)
  • EAGI: Executes an AGI compliant application on local or remote machine (FastAGI). (1.0)
  • Echo: Echo audio read back to the user. (1.0)
  • EndWhile: End A While Loop. (1.2)
  • EnumLookup: Lookup number in ENUM (1.4, 1.6)
  • Exec: Execute dialplan application. (1.0)
  • ExecIf: Executes dialplan application conditionally. (1.2)
  • ExecIfTime: Executes dialplan application conditionally based on current time. (1.2)
  • ExitWhile: End a While loop. (1.2)
  • ExtenSpy: Listen/whisper to a specific extension (1.4)
  • ExternIVR: Interfaces with an external IVR application. (1.2)
  • Festival: Say text with the Festival voice synthesizer. (1.0)
  • Flash: Flashes a DAHDI Trunk. (1.0)
  • Flite: Say text with the Festival Lite voice synthesizer (faster response than Festival) (3rd party addon)
  • ForkCDR: Fork The CDR into 2 seperate entities. (1.0)
  • GetCPEID: Get ADSI CPE ID. (1.0)
  • GetGroupCount: group count for specified group or channel is in. Deprecated in favor of GROUP_COUNT (1.2, 1.4)
  • GetGroupMatchCount: Calculates group count for all groups that match pattern. Deprecated in favor ofGROUP_MATCH_COUNT (1.2, 1.4)
  • Gosub: Jump to a subroutine and return. (1.2)
  • GosubIf: Conditional jump to a subroutine and return. (1.2)
  • Goto: Goto a particular priority, extension, or context. (1.0)
  • GotoIf: Conditional goto. (1.0)
  • GotoIfTime: Conditional goto on current time. (1.0)
  • Hangup: Unconditional hangup. (1.0)
  • HasNewVoicemail: Conditionally branches to priority + 101. Deprecated in favor of VMCOUNT. (1.4, 1.6)
  • Asterisk cmd HasVoicemail: Conditionally branches to priority + 101. Deprecated in favor of VMCOUNT. (1.4, 1.6)
  • ICES: Streaming calls to the Internet (3rd party addon)
  • ImportVar: Set variable to value. (1.2)
  • Asterisk cmd Incomplete: Returns AST_PBX_INCOMPLETE value. (1.6)
  • JabberJoin: Join a group chat. (1.8)
  • Asterisk cmd JabberLeave: Leave a group chat. (1.8)
  • JabberSend: Send a message to a buddy. (1.4)
  • Asterisk cmd JabberSendGroup: Send a message to a group chat. (1.8)
  • JabberStatus: Return presence status of client or transport as values 1-7 (1.4)
  • Jack: Interface to JACK audio for audio manipulation. (1.6)
  • KeepAlive: Returns AST_PBX_KEEPALIVE value. (1.6)
  • Log: Send arbitrary text to a selected log level. (1.4)
  • LookupBlacklist: Look up Caller*ID name/number from blacklist database. Deprecated in favor of DB. (1.4, 1.6)
  • LookupCIDName: Look up CallerID Name from local database. Deprecated in favor of DB. (1.4, 1.6)
  • Macro: Macro Implementation. Deprecated in favor of Gosub/Return (1.6)
  • MacroExclusive: Only one channel at a time may call this macro, all others have to wait (1.4) Replaced by dialplan functions LOCK(), TRYLOCK(), and UNLOCK() (1.6)
  • MacroExit: Exit the macro as if it had fully completed (1.4) Deprecated in favor of Return (1.6)
  • Asterisk cmd MacroIf: Conditional Macro Implementation. Deprecated in favor of GosubIf (1.6)
  • MailboxExists: Checks if voicemail mailbox exists. (1.0)
  • Math: Perform (rather simple) calculations. Deprecated in favor of MATH. (1.2, 1.4)
  • MeetMe: Simple MeetMe conference bridge. (1.0)
  • MeetMeAdmin: MeetMe conference Administration. (1.0)
  • Asterisk cmd MeetMeChannelAdmin: MeetMe conference Administration (channel specific) (1.6)
  • MeetMeCount: MeetMe participant count. (1.0)
  • Milliwatt: Generate a constant 1004Hz tone at 0dbm (mu-law) (1.0)
  • MinivmAccMess: Mini-Voicemail – record account specific messages (1.6)
  • MinivmDelete: Mini-Voicemail – delete voicemail messages (1.6)
  • MinivmGreet: Mini-Voicemail – Play prompts (1.6)
  • MinivmNotify: Mini-Voicemail – Notify voicemail owner about new messages (1.6)
  • MinivmRecord: Mini-Voicemail – Receive voicemail and forward via email (1.6)
  • Asterisk cmd MixMonitor: Record and mix call legs. (1.2)
  • Monitor: Record a telephone conversation to a sound file. (1.0)
  • MP3Player: Play an MP3 sound file or stream. (1.0)
  • MSet: Set channel variable(s) or function value(s) (1.6)
  • MusicOnHold: Play Music On Hold indefinitely. (1.0)
  • MYSQL: Perform various mySQL database activities. (3rd party addon)
  • NBScat: Play an NBS local stream (3rd party addon)
  • NoCDR: Make sure asterisk doesn’t save CDR for a certain call. (1.0)
  • NoOp: No operation. For debugging, see Verbose or Log. (1.0)
  • Asterisk cmd ODBCFinish: Clear the resultset of a successful multirow query (1.6)
  • Originate: Originate a call and connect to a specified extension or application (1.6.2)
  • Page: Page multiple endpoints at once. (1.2)
  • Park: Park yourself. (1.0)
  • ParkAndAnnounce: Park and Announce. (1.0)
  • ParkedCall: Answer a parked call. (1.0)
  • PauseQueueMember: Pauses an agent. (1.2)
  • Perl: res_perl is the mod_perl of Apache, only for Asterisk. (3rd party addon)
  • PHP: res_php integrates PHP into Asterisk without AGI. (3rd party addon)
  • Pickup: Directed call pickup (1.2)
  • PickUP: Pickup a Zap Channel before answered (Bristuff)
  • Asterisk cmd PickupChan: Pickup a ringing channel (1.6)
  • Playback: Play a file. (1.0)
  • Playtones: Play a tone list while executing other commands. (1.0)
  • PPPD: PPP daemon connector (3rd party addon)
  • PrivacyManager: Require phone number to be entered, if no CallerID sent. (1.0)
  • Proceeding: Indicate proceeding (1.6)
  • Progress: Play early audio to the caller before answering the line. (1.0)
  • Queue: Queue a call for a call queue. (1.0)
  • Random: jump to a specified location based on a random probability. Deprecated in favor of GotoIf($[${RAND(1,100)} > <number>]?<label>) (1.4, 1.6)
  • Read: Read DTMF tones into a variable. (1.0)
  • Asterisk cmd ReadExten: Read an extension into a variable (1.6)
  • ReadFile: Read the contents of a text file into a channel variable. (1.2)
  • RealTime: Populate variables with details from database using RealTime. Deprecated in favor of REALTIME. (1.4, 1.6)
  • RealTimeUpdate: Update a field in a database using RealTime. Deprecated in favor of REALTIME. (1.4, 1.6)
  • Record: Record a telephone conversation to a sound file. (1.0)
  • RemoveQueueMember: Dynamically removes queue members. (1.0)
  • ResetCDR: Reset CDR data. (1.0)
  • ResponseTimeout: Set maximum timeout awaiting response. Deprecated in favor of TIMEOUT(response) (1.2, 1.4)
  • RetryDial: Place a call, retrying on failure allowing optional exit extension. (1.2)
  • Return: Return from a Gosub or GosubIf. (1.2)
  • Ringing: Indicate ringing tone. (1.0)
  • Rpt: Support Amatuer Radio and Commercial Two Way Repeater Linking. (1.0)
  • SayAlpha: Say Alpha. (1.0)
  • Asterisk cmd SayCountedAdj: Say declining counting phrases (1.8)
  • Asterisk cmd SayCountedNoun: Say declining counting phrases (1.8)
  • SayDigits: Say Digits. (1.0)
  • SayNumber: Say Number. (1.0)
  • SayPhonetic: Say Phonetic. (1.0)
  • SayUnixTime: Say the date and/or time. (1.0)
  • SendDTMF: Sends arbitrary DTMF digits. (1.0)
  • SendImage: Send an image file. (1.0)
  • SendText: Send client a text message. (1.0)
  • SendURL: Send client a URL to display. (1.0)
  • Set: Set channel variable(s) or function value(s). (1.0)
  • SetAccount: Sets account code. Deprecated in favor of CDR(accountcode) (1.0, 1.4)
  • SetAMAflags: Set the channel AMA Flags for billing. (1.0)
  • SetCallerID: Set CallerID. Deprecated in favor of CALLERID. (1.4, 1.6)
  • SetCallerPres: Channel independent setting of caller presenation. Deprecated in favor of CALLERPRES (1.6)
  • SetCDRUserField: Set CDR User Field. See Billing. Deprecated in favor of CDR(userfield) (1.4, 1.6)
  • SetCIDNum: Set only the Caller ID number (not name). Deprecated in favor of CALLERID. (1.4, 1.6)
  • SetGlobalVar: Set variable to value. Deprecated in favor of Asterisk func global.(1.2, 1.4)
  • SetGroup: Sets the group for the current channel. Deprecated in favor of GROUP (1.2, 1.4)
  • SetLanguage: Change language setting for sound playback. Deprecated in favor of LANGUAGE. (1.2, 1.4)
  • SetMusicOnHold: Set default Music On Hold class. Deprecated in favor of CHANNEL(musicclass) (1.6)
  • SIPAddHeader: Add header to outbound SIP invite. (1.2)
  • SIPCallPickup: Pickup a ringing phone in the pickup group. Obsoleted.
  • SIPGetHeader: Pick any header from a SIP invite message. Deprecated in favor of SIP_HEADER(). (1.2, 1.4)
  • SIPdtmfMode: Change DTMF mode during SIP call. (1.0)
  • SMS: Pass SMS (short messaging service) to and from SMSc (SMS Center). (1.0)
  • SoftHangup: Request hangup on another channel. (1.0)
  • SrxEchoCan: Disable/enable Echo Cancellation
  • SrxDeflect: Deflect an incoming call
  • SrxMWI: Set / reset MessageWaitingIndication (MWI) on a Sirrix group
  • StackPop: Remove a return address without returning. (1.2)
  • Steal: Steal a Zap Channel after answered
  • StopMonitor: Stop monitoring a channel. (1.0)
  • StopMixMonitor: Stop monitoring a channel monitored with MixMonitor. (1.4)
  • StopPlaytones: Stop playing a tone list. (1.0)
  • System: Execute a system command. (1.0)
  • TestClient: Execute Interface Test Client. (1.2)
  • TestServer: Execute Interface Test Server. (1.2)
  • Transfer: Transfer caller to remote extension. (1.0)
  • TrySystem: Execute a system command with always 0 returned. (1.0)
  • TXTCIDName: Lookup caller name from TXT record. Deprecated in favor of TXTCIDNAME. (1.2, 1.4)
  • UnpauseQueueMember: Resumes an agent. (1.2)
  • UserEvent: Send an arbitrary event to the manager interface. (1.0)
  • VMAuthenticate: Authenticate a user based on voicemail.conf. (1.2)
  • Asterisk cmd VMSayName: Play the recording name of the voicemail user if it exists, otherwise play the mailbox number. (1.8)
  • VoiceMail: Leave a voicemail message. (1.0)
  • VoiceMailMain: Enter voicemail system. (1.0)
  • Wait: Waits for some time. (1.0)
  • WaitExten: Waits for an extension to be entered. (1.0)
  • WaitForRing: Wait for Ring Application. (1.0)
  • WaitMusicOnHold: Wait, playing Music On Hold. Deprecated in favor of extended MusicOnHold. (1.6)
  • Asterisk cmd WaitUntil: Wait (sleep) until the current time is the given epoch (1.6)
  • While: Start a while loop. (1.2)
  • Zapateller: Block telemarketers with SIT. (1.0)

 

 

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