Cron Job auto not working in freepbx

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(FAK) #1

Hi Guys,

I want to run the below command after every hour during work hours in weekdays but this cron is not wokring.

asterisk -rx ‘channel originate Local/10000@ext-paging extension 1008@ext-paging’

I am using webmin but when I select run now. it works like a charm.

What could be the issue ?

#2

cronjobs run under sh as the user owning the cronjob, perhaps asterisk is not in your path, if so give the full path to asterisk,

(Itzik) #3 
/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx 'channel originate Local/10000@ext-paging extension 1008@ext-paging'
(FAK) #4

it worked but one issue it showes unknown CALLERID

Can I set the CALLERID ?

#5

Channel originate bypasses the full FPBX dialplan, to do that, look into using a call.file instead where you CAN add that.

(FAK) #6

call.file with agi or how to execute it

#7

construct it anyway you want . Heed all the warnings about ownership and copying versus moving it onto /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing, plenty of search results on asterisk call files

(FAK) #8

how can I write the code below in call file

[ext-paging-custom]
exten => 10000,1,Answer
exten => 10000,n,Wait(3)
exten => 10000,n,Playback(/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/custom/COVID_19_reminder)
exten => 10000,n,HangUp()

#9

Use the editor of your chose, refer to

https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Call+Files

adding fields as you want, when done change its ownership to asterisk and

Every “school hour” make a copy of it and move it into ./././outgoing