From 487e679dc86ac0ab72d087ef69d5c293fe3af7da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Colp <jcolp@digium.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:21:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Merged revisions 229966 via svnmerge from
 https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk

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  r229966 | file | 2009-11-13 11:20:26 -0600 (Fri, 13 Nov 2009) | 13 lines

  Merged revisions 229965 via svnmerge from
  https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.4

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    r229965 | file | 2009-11-13 11:19:59 -0600 (Fri, 13 Nov 2009) | 6 lines

    Document a limitation in the AVAILSTATUS variable from ChanIsAvail and provide
    a workaround for it that does not change existing behavior.

    (closes issue #14426)
    Reported by: macli
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git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.6.2@229969 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
---
 apps/app_chanisavail.c         | 4 +++-
 configs/extensions.conf.sample | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/app_chanisavail.c b/apps/app_chanisavail.c
index 556bafd713..ea074e7e21 100644
--- a/apps/app_chanisavail.c
+++ b/apps/app_chanisavail.c
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ static char *app = "ChanIsAvail";
 					<para>The canonical channel name that was used to create the channel</para>
 				</variable>
 				<variable name="AVAILSTATUS">
-					<para>The status code for the available channel</para>
+					<para>The status code for the available channel. This is used for both
+					device state and cause code. It is recommended that you use AVAILORIGCHAN
+					instead to see if a device is available or not.</para>
 				</variable>
 			</variablelist>
 		</description>
diff --git a/configs/extensions.conf.sample b/configs/extensions.conf.sample
index ff679406e4..69370376c1 100644
--- a/configs/extensions.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/extensions.conf.sample
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ exten => a,n,Return
 ;   ${ARG1} - Device to page
 
 exten => s,1,ChanIsAvail(${ARG1},s)			; s is for ANY call
-exten => s,n,GoToIf([${AVAILSTATUS} = "1"]?autoanswer:fail)
+exten => s,n,GoToIf([${AVAILORIGCHAN} = ""]?fail:autoanswer)
 exten => s,n(autoanswer),Set(_ALERT_INFO="RA")			; This is for the PolyComs
 exten => s,n,SIPAddHeader(Call-Info: Answer-After=0)	; This is for the Grandstream, Snoms, and Others
 exten => s,n,NoOp()					; Add others here and Post on the Wiki!!!!