The call is not answered until you answer it with either the Answer app, or issuing a playback command etc.
On 11/5/07, Gordon Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Eric "ManxPower" Wieling wrote: > > > Jeng Yu wrote: > >> Hi Gurus! > >> > >> Please excuse this pesky Asterisk rookie....:-) > >> > >> I just wanted to know which channel variable tells > >> asterisk the number of rings before an incoming call > >> on FXO channel is answered? > >> > >> I looked through zapata.conf.sample and other places > >> and could not find something there readily. > > > > There is no such setting. Asterisk will answer as soon as the call > > comes in. If Asterisk is configured for Caller*ID, then Asterisk will > > wait until the 2nd ring (waiting for Caller*ID information to arrive). > > Not neccessarily true in the UK where the caller ID is transmitted before > the first ring. > > If you want to delay answering, then you can use the Wait instruction in > the dialplan, but it's caligrated in seconds not "rings". (Which are > highly country dependant anyway) > > Gordon > > _______________________________________________ > --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 > _______________________________________________ --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
