It has to do with transcoding. If Asterisk cannot 'speak' the codec it cannot answer the call and is 'unable to forward the frame.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > James Harper > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 5:08 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Unable to forward frame > > > exten => _3XX,1,Answer > > exten => _3XX,2,Dial(Sip/${EXTEN},6000,t) exten => _3XX,3,Hangup > > Why do you Answer before you Dial here? I had a problem where > calls were misbehaving and someone asked me that same > question. Without really understanding why I removed the > Answer and it then just worked. > > I think the idea is that Dial connects the incoming channel - > still in the 'ringing' state - to the outgoing channel, and > then the outgoing channel takes care of answering the > incoming call (or not). > > Or maybe you know what you are doing and there is a perfectly > good reason to Answer before Dial. > > James > _______________________________________________ > --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
