Same problem here with X101P. In my case (and I'm guessing your situation is similar, but not sure since the hardware is different) asterisk needs to see the first ring come through before doing anything. Sometime between the first and second ring it gets callerid information, then sometime after the second ring it can start processing the call (i.e., execute what you have set in extensions.conf).
My workaround, is to have asterisk actually answer the call, and a voice (which my lovely wife recorded) tells the caller to please hold while their call is connected. Once the caller hears ringing tones again, your internal lines are ringing at the same time. No more having people hang up after 4-5 rings, when all you've heard is 1-2. This setup has the nice side effect of letting me force unknown callers to press 1 before being connected. Anyone I know (and have entered their phone number in extensions.conf to recognize) won't have to dial 1. All others will, and this has so far eliminated all telemarketing calls and even all wrong numbers (they know right away they got the wrong number, and hang up without pressing 1). It also lets me gain access to various functions no matter where I'm calling from. I can enter a password while the recording is playing, and get dialtone. From there I can call out (like a calling card), or check voicemail, etc. It's just like I'm dialing from an internal extension, which can come in handy (say I need to reach my wife in the middle of the day, when she's usually asleep and GotoIfTime directs the calls to voicemail, and I'm calling from an unknown number; I just enter my password, get dialtone, dial "6" which I have setup to ring all internal extensions regardless of time, and voila! I have a grumpy wife). If asterisk didn't automatically answer the call, none of this would be possible (well, I suppose I could press 0 during voicemail, and have the o extension setup, but this way works better). Maybe not the solution you were looking for, but personally I think this workaround opens up a lot of possibilities you may not have thought of previously. Joseph Tanner On 2/21/06, Zach A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > My telephone extensions on asterisk which itself is connected to the > Bell line using SPA-3000, ring only after third ring from the caller. > Why is this happening and what is the solution? > > Thanks > Zach A. > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
