Asterisk: The Future of Telephony

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Name

CHANNEL STATUS

Synopsis

CHANNEL STATUS [channelname]

Queries the status of the channel indicated by channelname or, if no channel is specified, the current channel.

Return values:

0: Channel is down and available
1: Channel is down, but reserved
2: Channel is off-hook
3: Digits have been dialed
4: Line is ringing
5: Line is up
6: Line is busy

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