On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 05:04:32PM -0400, Gleim, Jason wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Bates > > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 4:48 PM > > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > > Subject: [asterisk-users] anoyingly answers already in use pstn line > > > > I am using Asterisk and an X101P card as a glorified answering > machine. > > We have a residential PSTN line with about six phones connected to it. > > Like an answering machine, I want Asterisk answer the line *only* when > > an incoming call is not answered after four rings. > > > > This mostly works. My extensions.conf is at the end of this message. > > > > The problem is that Asterisk will sometimes answer the line when > > someone > > is already talking on one of the six phones connected to it. Sometimes > > Asterisk will answer the line and start playing the greeting in the > > middle of a conversation! This is especially a problem when I am > > talking > > on the phone to an automated system, because although I hang up the > > phone I am talking on, neither the automated system nor Asterisk will > > hang up. > > > > I have not yet discovered a pattern to when Asterisk answers the line. > > It always answers after four rings, but it sometimes answers when > > someone is already talking on one of the phones connected to the line. > > > > In a perfect world, Asterisk would be the only thing connected to the > > line, and all our phones would be Asterisk extensions. Unfortunately > we > > do not currently have the required VoIP phones or FXS interface... > > > > Is there any way to make Asterisk less flaky, and answer the line > > *only* > > when an incoming call is not answered after four rings? > > > > --- > > > > [default] > > > > exten => s,1,Wait(20) > > exten => s,n,Answer > > exten => s,n,Background(recordings/coop-greeting) > > exten => s,n(instruct),Background(recordings/leave-message) > > exten => s,n,Background(recordings/enter-extension) > > exten => s,n,Background(recordings/dial-by-name) > > exten => s,n,Background(recordings/visit-website) > > exten => s,n,WaitExten > > > > ; General delivery mailbox > > exten => #,1,Voicemail(6000) > > exten => #,n,Goto(s,instruct) > > > > ; Dial by name > > exten => a,1,Directory(default) > > > > ; Entering an invalid extension replays the instructions > > exten => i,1,Playback(invalid) > > exten => i,n,Goto(s,instruct) > > > > ; Timeout goes to voicemail > > exten => t,1,Goto(#,1) > > > > exten => 6003,1,Macro(stdexten,6003,SIP/cstewart) > > exten => 6004,1,Macro(stdexten,6004,SIP/mhockley) > > exten => 6005,1,Macro(stdexten,6005,SIP/jbates) > > [...] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > Others may wish to chime in and confirm or deny this but the card is > probably getting confused by you loading the line with the other phones. > I know most of the analog cards I've worked with (which does not include > the X101P) really get cranky if there is anything else hanging off that > line. The only solution I've seen to the problem is to change things > around so that the card is the only thing on the line.
The "cranky" card here is not the issue. It would be the same with any other card. > > In know you said you haven't switched to IP or FXS but is there a reason > why? That would require rewiring. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +972-50-7952406 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xorcom.com iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tzafrir _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users