Originate – Place a call from a device to an extension.
If the device (SIP/12345) is a phone, it will ring and when picked up the user will be connected to the extension (Context, Exten, Priority) dialed. If you fail to specify timeout it defaults to 30 seconds.
SEND:
ACTION: Originate
Channel: SIP/12345
Exten: 1234
Priority: 1
Timeout: 60000
Context: default
RECEIVE:
Event: Newexten
Channel: OutgoingSpoolFailed
Context: default
Extension: failed
Priority: 1
Application: SetVar
AppData: extension=failed
Uniqueid: 1124981514.58775
Event: Hangup
Channel: OutgoingSpoolFailed
Uniqueid: 1124981514.58775
Cause: 0
Response: Error
Message: Originate failed
Or, hopefully:
Event: Newchannel
Channel: SIP/12345-ed8f
State: Down
CallerID:
Uniqueid: 1124982019.19157
Event: Newchannel
Channel: SIP/12345-ed8f
State: Ringing
CallerID:
Uniqueid: 1124982019.19157
Event: Newstate
Channel: SIP/12345-ed8f
State: Up
CallerID:
Uniqueid: 1124982019.19157
Event: Newexten
Channel: SIP/12345-ed8f
Context: default
Extension: 1234
Priority: 1
Application: SetVar
AppData: extension=1234
Uniqueid: 1124982019.19157
Response: Success
Message: Originate successfully queued