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Now that you’ve added callcounter=yes to sip.conf (we’ll be using SIP channels
throughout the rest of our examples), let’s see how to add members to our queues
from the Asterisk CLI.
Adding a queue member to the support queue can be done with the queue add
member command:
*CLI> queue add member PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B to support
Added interface 'PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B' to queue 'support'
A query of the queue will verify that our new member has been added:
*CLI> queue show support
support has 0 calls (max unlimited) in 'rrmemory' strategy (0s holdtime, 0s talktime),
W:0, C:0, A:0, SL:0.0%, SL2:0.0% within 0s
Members:
PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B (ringinuse disabled) (dynamic) (Not in use) has taken no calls yet
No Callers
To remove a queue member, you would use the queue remove member command:
*CLI> queue remove member PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B from support
Removed interface PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B from queue 'support'
Of course, you can use the queue show command again to verify that your member
has been removed from the queue:
*CLI> queue show support
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support has 0 calls (max unlimited) in 'rrmemory' strategy (0s holdtime, 0s talktime),
W:0, C:0, A:0, SL:0.0%, SL2:0.0% within 0s
Members:
PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B (ringinuse disabled) (dynamic) (Not in use) has taken no calls yet
No Callers
We can also pause and unpause members in a queue from the Asterisk console, with
the queue pause member and queue unpause member commands. They take a similar
format to the previous commands we’ve been using:
*CLI> queue pause member PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B queue support reason Callbacks
paused interface 'PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B' in queue 'support' for reason 'Callbacks'
*CLI> queue show support
support has 0 calls (max unlimited) in 'rrmemory' strategy
(0s holdtime, 0s talktime), W:0, C:0, A:0, SL:0.0% within 0s
Members:
SIP/0000FFFF0001 (dynamic) (paused) (Not in use) has taken no calls yet
No Callers
*CLI> queue show support
support has 0 calls (max unlimited) in 'rrmemory' strategy (0s holdtime, 0s talktime),
W:0, C:0, A:0, SL:0.0%, SL2:0.0% within 0s
Members:
PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B (ringinuse disabled) (dynamic) (paused:Callbacks) (Not in use)
has taken no calls yet
No Callers
By adding a reason for pausing the queue member, such as lunchtime, you ensure
that your queue logs will contain some additional information that may be useful.
Here’s how to unpause the member:
*CLI> queue unpause member PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B queue support reason FinishedCallBacks
unpaused interface 'PJSIP/SOFTPHONE_B' in queue 'support' for reason 'FinishedCallbacks'
In a production environment, the CLI would not normally be the best way to control
the state of agents in a queue. Instead, there are dialplan applications that allow
agents to inform the queue as to their availability.
Defining Queue Members in the queue_members Table
If you define a queue member in the asterisk.queue_members table of the database,
that member will always be logged into the queue. This usually doesn’t work well if
your members are human beings, since humans tend to get up and move about.
Within each queue definition, you simply define the members thus:
MySQL> insert into `asterisk`.`queue_members`
(queue_name,interface,penalty)
VALUES
'hotline','PJSIP/SOME_NON_HUMAN','0');
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