Thanks John, I was trying to find a way to work around the partial ring. Ignoring is what I'm doing now wait(8) seconds but when the number not being forward that means there is a delay of 8seconds before phones start ringing.
Thanks, motty -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Novack Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:34 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk forward call Call forwarding ALWAYS sends a partial ring to the line. This is by design from ESS 1 days, and serves to remind the party that the line is forwarded. Asterisk certainly can be configured to ignore the first ring in any number of ways. John Novack Guy Gold wrote: > On Tue,May 15 02:00:PM, motty.cruz wrote: > >> Hello All, >> My Asterisk server is working fine except that at night I forward my >> number to another phone number, however my asterisk server still >> rings once before call is forward. My Local Phone provider is ATT and >> they said that there is not way around it, I'm always going to get a partical ring. >> >> Any suggestions how to stop the Asterisk from rining once before >> forward to another number? >> > Hi Motty, > I'm assuming that you're forwarding calls unconditionally, yes ? > > I haven't tested it for a while, but, I'm pretty sure that if your PBX > is not told to ring a device before forwarding the call, it should not > do so. > I do recall having worked in a non-PBX office , and when we performed > CFWD, the local phone would ring once and then get forwarded, but, > that's because the local phone never took control of the call coming > from the carrier. In your case , the PBX can take over the call, never > produce a ring , and then dial the CFWD number. I guess a trace of > this instance can be useful . > > > Guy Gold > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- 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 > > > -- Dog is my Co-pilot -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2171 / Virus Database: 2425/4999 - Release Date: 05/14/12 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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
