It creates an artificial ring and can be helpful when the telco or carrier does not provide ringing (which they should).
Thanks, Steve Totaro http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com KB3OPB > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nathan Bell > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 5:34 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Sender phone ringing while recipient talking > > Thanks, that fixed the problem. > > I didn't realise that the 'r' wasn't necessary to signal the ring to the > sender. > > Bill Gibbs wrote: > > >Are you using the option r in your Dial string? If so, remove it. > > > >Bill > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nathan > >Bell > >Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:30 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [asterisk-users] Sender phone ringing while recipient talking > > > >I've had asterisk running for about a month now between our PBX and our > >T1, and everything seems fine but for one simple nit-pick: When a call > >to the outside workd is made, and if the recipient picks up while a the > >sender's phone is still relaying the ring, the sender won't be heard > >until after the ring stops. This often translates a simple "hello?" into > > > >a "lo?" or even "*long pause* hello, is anyone there?" > > > >Is there a way to immediately stop the ring when a pickup is detected? > > > >Thanks, > >Nathan Bell > > > >_______________________________________________ > >--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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --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
