> >> >>> Who to generate "ring tone" to a calling party when the call is > >> >>> passed > >> >>> to an extension. > >> >>> > >> >>> The asterisk answers correctly, plays welcome message and ring an > >> >>> extension, but the caller does not here the rings. > >> >> Did you tell Asterisk to indicate ringing? > >> > > >> > Asterisk will ALWAYS indicate ringing if it can. > >> > > >> > The "r" option to Dial, Playtones, and Ringing are all > >> > hacks/workarounds for when Asterisk cannot indicate ringing to the > >> > calling party. You should diagnose and fix the real problem, rather > >> > than try hiding the issue. > >> > > >> I thought Asterisk would indicate ringing on the PRI if it hadn't > >> answered it yet. If you answer the PRI and then Dial() don't you get > >> silence? > >> > >> Since he says he's played a welcome message, I'd think the line has > >> been answered and therefore he has to indicate ringing to the dialing > >> party with ",r". > >> > >> I might be wrong, though. > >> > > > >You *can* play a welcome message without >answering the line, however, > >this doesn't always work. eg, I tried this >config on my PRI in Australia > >(Telstra) and: > > > >a) Calling from a standard analog line I got my >welcome message as > >expected > >b) Calling from a mobile (Optus), I heard >silence until the call was > >answered. > > >From the point of view of Telcos, situation "a" is not "as expected". If > this occurs you could transmit a message without paying for the call. Of > course it will be one-way but it will be useful. Imagine, you should set a > short message (for about 1 minute) informing everything you want!
I suspect there is a difference in what most * implementors consider an answer (from within *), verses answer supervision on the pstn interface (regardless of whether its pri, 2-wire analog, etc). _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
