9 thoughts on - Ast_app_exec_macro: Cannot Run ‘Macro(atb)’. The Application Is Not Available.

• The Macro application is not built by default, it has to be explicitly selected in “make menuselect” when building Asterisk. Have you done so?

• Macros are no longer built by default in Asterisk 16. This was documented in the UPGRADE.txt file

  app_macro:
  – The app_macro module is now deprecated and by default it is no longer
  built. Users should migrate to app_stack (Gosub). A warning is logged
  the first time any Macro is used.

  Doug

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• Thanks, I was able to figure it out, replace the subroutine witht Gosub

  How do you enable the phone speaker on the Gosub?

  I had:
  Dial(SIP/718xxxxxxxxx@pstn-5665,20,m(default)M(atb))

  replace it with:
  Dial(SIP/718xxxxxxxxxx@pstn-5665,20,U(atb-sub))

  My macro used to execute sequence of numbers after it connects, when I replace the macro with Gosub I don’t hear phone dialing the numbers on the phone that macro used to execute (just silence). Is there a way to play these numbers on the phone (so I know it is working)?

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• On Gentoo we build Asterisk with emerge and use “flags” to enable or disable certain features:

  Installed versions: 16.15.1-r1 (alsa bluetooth caps iconv ssl vorbis -calendar -cluster -curl -dahdi -debug -doc -freetds -gtalk -http -ilbc -ldap -libressl -lua -mysql -newt -odbc -oss -pjproject -portaudio -postgres -radius -selinux -snmp -span -speex -srtp -static -statsd -syslog -unbound -xmpp

  Which one of the above (the one with “-” in front) are responsible for compiling in Macro feature.

  I an replace macro with Gosub but my phone doesn’t play the dialing tones after I did it. My macro execute several sequence of numbers after connecting and I can hear them in the speakerphone now with Gosub, it does execute these numbers but I don’t hear anything in the speakerphone just silence.
  Is there a way to activate speakerphone what on Gosub? So I know the phone is dialing the numbers?

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• You can provide variables to your gosub routine, for an example

  Gosub(check-number-forwarding,s,1(${ARG1}))

  Doug

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• This one work (but no dialing numbers on phone speeker)
  Dial(SIP/718xxxxxxxxx@pstn-5665,20,U(atb-sub))

  This one doesn’t work:
  Gosub(check-number-forwarding,Dial(SIP/718xxxxxxxxxxpstn-5665,20,U(atb-sub))

  Is ARG1 = atb-sub ?

  Thanks for your help.

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• No.

  My complete line

  exten => _45XX,1,Set(_ARG1=${EXTEN}
  same => n,Gosub(check-number-forwarding,s,1(${ARG1}))

  So, if someone were to dial a 4 digit number starting with 45 (i.e. 4522), it would jump to the sub-routine called check-number-forwarding and supply the variable of 4522 to that sub-routine.

  It could have been just as easily written as

  same => n,Gosub(check-number-forwarding,s,1(4522))

  Your sub-routine will need to pass what dialing options you are wanting to use.

  A good source of information

  https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Gosub

  Doug

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• OK, both combination worked but still silence until the all numbers are dialed.

  exten => 65,1,Progress() ;plays the music on internal call exten => 65,n,Answer exten => 65,n,Dial(SIP/718xxxxxxxxxx@pstn-5665,20,U(atb-sub))

  [atb-sub]
  exten => s,1,Wait(6)
  exten => s,n,SendDTMF(1)
  exten => s,n,SendDTMF(xxxxxxxxxxxxx#)
  exten => s,n,SendDTMF(xxxxxxxxx#)
  exten => s,n,SendDTMF(1)

  [atb-sub]
  exten => s,1,Wait(6)
  exten => s,n,SendDTMF(1)
  exten => s,n,Gosub(check-number-forwarding,s,1(xxxxxxxxxx#))
  exten => s,n,Gosub(check-number-forwarding,s,1(xxxxxxxx#)
  exten => s,n,SendDTMF(1)

  What I want is hear the phone dialing the number or play music, so I know it is dialing or doing something. in the first line I have “Progress()” it used to play music but it doesn’t anymore.

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• I have never used the U option on the dial command to call a sub-routine,

  Doug

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