Short answer - no. Leave the box on 24/7, and run the POTS phone through an ATA, or another SIP phone. If power consumption and wear and tear is a consideration, use AstLinux on a thin client, and reduce your power consumption to under 30 Watts.
John Novack Bill Lovett wrote: > Can Asterisk be configured to hang up if another phone picks up? > > I'm a bit lost as far as terminology goes, but here's my setup. At > home, I have asterisk answering calls from the pstn and sending them > through to a sip extension or voicemail. All that is working fine. > > The box running Asterisk isn't on 24/7 so I have a secondary phone > connected to the line as well. If Asterisk is not running, I can > answer an incoming call from that phone. If asterisk is running, I can > answer the call from a sip extension. > > Can I have it both ways? Can Asterisk back off if the secondary phone > answers the call? Currently, if a call comes in and I answer it from > the secondary phone Asterisk will continue to ring the sip extension > and eventually drop into voicemail. > > _______________________________________________ > -- 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 > > -- Dog is my co-pilot _______________________________________________ -- 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
