Thanks for the input. Yep, a busy feature on zaptel is an absolute necessary. See, this is a sort of problem that comes back to everyone and goes away quickly, hence the feature wasn't developed probably. But it will make a great addition and will help people in situations like this.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Jeff LaCoursiere <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, bruce bruce wrote: > > > I am not sure if unplugging line from card would work as it's still in a > > hunt and calls will keep coming through that number and won't fall over > to > > next line unless there is a BUSY on the line. There is no timeout; it's a > > hunt on BUSY. Plus, I don't have site access for two days :-) > > Nope - unplugging a line that is in a hunt will result in Ring-No-Answer. > Ditto for previous advice to destroy the zap channel or to leave it out of > the zaptel configuration. You need to busy out that line. You can only > do this onsite as far as I know. Or maybe run a script that continually > takes that channel offhook and dials something benign... > > > > > For calls out I give them a funny workaround of using another set to call > > out and not get audio and then use another phone to call so that a > different > > channel is used. They are happy. Since, I been nagging to them to move to > > PRI because rain keeps brining their lines down all the time. > > > > I can't check zaptel disable of the line now as it nears 9:00 A.M. > operation > > time. I will try that later in the day. I am amazed there is not much > > control to the lines in situations like this. > > > > I totally agree. A "busy out" application would be a wonderful addition > :) I complained about this a few years back... in the meantime, when I > need to do such a thing, I busy it out by shorting it at the block. > > j > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
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