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NOANSWER
The channel did not answer in the time indicated by the ring-timeout option.
BUSY
The dialed channel is currently busy.
ANSWER
The channel answered the call.
CANCEL
The call was cancelled.
DONTCALL
The call was set to DONTCALL by the screening or privacy options.
TORTURE
The call was set to TORTURE by the screening or privacy options.
INVALIDARGS
Invalid arguments were passed to the Dial() application.
; dial a seven-digit number on Zap channel 4
exten => 123,1,Dial(Zap/4/2317154)

; dial the same number, but this time only have it ring for 10 seconds
; before continuing on with the dialplan
exten => 124,1,Dial(Zap/4/2317154,10)
exten => 124,2,Playback(im-sorry)
exten => 124,3,Hangup()
; dial the same number, but this time with no timeout, and using the
; t, T, and m flags
exten => 125,1,Dial(Zap/4/2317154,,tTm)

; dial extension 500 at a remote host (over the IAX protocol), using
; the specified username and password
exten => 126,1,Dial(IAX2/username:password@remotehost/500)

; dial a number, but limit the call to 5 minutes (300,000 milliseconds)
; start warning the caller 4 minutes (240,000 milliseconds) in to the call,
; and repeat the warning every 30 seconds (30,000 milliseconds)
exten => 127,1,Dial(Zap/4/2317154,,L[300000:240000:30000])

See Also
RetryDial()

Dictate() Virtual dictation machine
Dictate([base_dir[,filename]])

This application allows the recording and playback of files, similar to a traditional
dictation machine. The base_dir parameter specifies the directory in which Asterisk

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