Is this possible with asterisk? Anyone have a sample dialplan?
-other than the problem outlined below I would try something like
S,1,wait(20)
S,2,voicemail(uwhatever)
S,3,hangup
One issue I ran into with using * as an answering machine is that it can't just share a line with other phones. My first attempt at making an "Asterisk Answering Machine" was similiar to your approach above. However, * would _always_ answer the phone after 20 seconds, even if another phone on the line was picked up. I'd love to see a work-around for this other than "get a FXS card." FXO cards are cheap, FXS cards are not.
This isn't an issue for business uses. This is an issue for people who want to try out asterisk on a POTS line, but share that POTS line with other people. Even if someone did get an FXS card AND an FXO card, "other people" who share the line are NOT likely to be very tolerant of dial plan errors, server problems, etc.
This is an important issue for the asterisk community becuase it addresses how new users and new developers can start working with asterisk. There is no reason that "Carrier Grade" software can't /also/ be easy for a home user to setup and use.
cheers, glenn
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