Re: [asterisk-users] anoyingly answers already in use pstn line
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 05:04:32PM -0400, Gleim, Jason wrote: I am using Asterisk and an X101P card as a glorified answering machine. We have a residential PSTN line with about six phones connected to it. Like an answering machine, I want Asterisk answer the line *only* when an incoming call is not answered after four rings. This mostly works. My extensions.conf is at the end of this message. The problem is that Asterisk will sometimes answer the line when someone is already talking on one of the six phones connected to it. Sometimes Asterisk will answer the line and start playing the greeting in the middle of a conversation! This is especially a problem when I am talking Others may wish to chime in and confirm or deny this but the card is probably getting confused by you loading the line with the other phones. I know most of the analog cards I've worked with (which does not include the X101P) really get cranky if there is anything else hanging off that line. The only solution I've seen to the problem is to change things around so that the card is the only thing on the line. The cranky card here is not the issue. It would be the same with any other card. In know you said you haven't switched to IP or FXS but is there a reason why? That would require rewiring. I swapped my X101P for a Linsys SPA3102 some time back. Calls come in to the SPA on its FXO port and get forwarded to Asterisk which then rings the legacy phones on the SPA's FXS port, as the other members of the household (read wife) are used to. All of Asterisk's features are available. If any issues arise, you just pull the power to the SPA and calls just pass through directly to the legacy phones. In addition, the SPA is supposed to pass calls through to the FXS if it loses its registration with Asterisk (eg Asterisk crashes) but I never got this working. One day, I would like to teach Asterisk to behave like an old-fashioned answering machine to allow a second chance to catch calls after the fourth ring but I haven't had the time yet. -- Drew Gibson Systems Administrator OANDA Corporation www.oanda.com ___ -- 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
[asterisk-users] anoyingly answers already in use pstn line
I am using Asterisk and an X101P card as a glorified answering machine. We have a residential PSTN line with about six phones connected to it. Like an answering machine, I want Asterisk answer the line *only* when an incoming call is not answered after four rings. This mostly works. My extensions.conf is at the end of this message. The problem is that Asterisk will sometimes answer the line when someone is already talking on one of the six phones connected to it. Sometimes Asterisk will answer the line and start playing the greeting in the middle of a conversation! This is especially a problem when I am talking on the phone to an automated system, because although I hang up the phone I am talking on, neither the automated system nor Asterisk will hang up. I have not yet discovered a pattern to when Asterisk answers the line. It always answers after four rings, but it sometimes answers when someone is already talking on one of the phones connected to the line. In a perfect world, Asterisk would be the only thing connected to the line, and all our phones would be Asterisk extensions. Unfortunately we do not currently have the required VoIP phones or FXS interface... Is there any way to make Asterisk less flaky, and answer the line *only* when an incoming call is not answered after four rings? --- [default] exten = s,1,Wait(20) exten = s,n,Answer exten = s,n,Background(recordings/coop-greeting) exten = s,n(instruct),Background(recordings/leave-message) exten = s,n,Background(recordings/enter-extension) exten = s,n,Background(recordings/dial-by-name) exten = s,n,Background(recordings/visit-website) exten = s,n,WaitExten ; General delivery mailbox exten = #,1,Voicemail(6000) exten = #,n,Goto(s,instruct) ; Dial by name exten = a,1,Directory(default) ; Entering an invalid extension replays the instructions exten = i,1,Playback(invalid) exten = i,n,Goto(s,instruct) ; Timeout goes to voicemail exten = t,1,Goto(#,1) exten = 6003,1,Macro(stdexten,6003,SIP/cstewart) exten = 6004,1,Macro(stdexten,6004,SIP/mhockley) exten = 6005,1,Macro(stdexten,6005,SIP/jbates) [...] ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] anoyingly answers already in use pstn line
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Bates Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 4:48 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] anoyingly answers already in use pstn line I am using Asterisk and an X101P card as a glorified answering machine. We have a residential PSTN line with about six phones connected to it. Like an answering machine, I want Asterisk answer the line *only* when an incoming call is not answered after four rings. This mostly works. My extensions.conf is at the end of this message. The problem is that Asterisk will sometimes answer the line when someone is already talking on one of the six phones connected to it. Sometimes Asterisk will answer the line and start playing the greeting in the middle of a conversation! This is especially a problem when I am talking on the phone to an automated system, because although I hang up the phone I am talking on, neither the automated system nor Asterisk will hang up. I have not yet discovered a pattern to when Asterisk answers the line. It always answers after four rings, but it sometimes answers when someone is already talking on one of the phones connected to the line. In a perfect world, Asterisk would be the only thing connected to the line, and all our phones would be Asterisk extensions. Unfortunately we do not currently have the required VoIP phones or FXS interface... Is there any way to make Asterisk less flaky, and answer the line *only* when an incoming call is not answered after four rings? --- [default] exten = s,1,Wait(20) exten = s,n,Answer exten = s,n,Background(recordings/coop-greeting) exten = s,n(instruct),Background(recordings/leave-message) exten = s,n,Background(recordings/enter-extension) exten = s,n,Background(recordings/dial-by-name) exten = s,n,Background(recordings/visit-website) exten = s,n,WaitExten ; General delivery mailbox exten = #,1,Voicemail(6000) exten = #,n,Goto(s,instruct) ; Dial by name exten = a,1,Directory(default) ; Entering an invalid extension replays the instructions exten = i,1,Playback(invalid) exten = i,n,Goto(s,instruct) ; Timeout goes to voicemail exten = t,1,Goto(#,1) exten = 6003,1,Macro(stdexten,6003,SIP/cstewart) exten = 6004,1,Macro(stdexten,6004,SIP/mhockley) exten = 6005,1,Macro(stdexten,6005,SIP/jbates) [...] ___ -- 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 Others may wish to chime in and confirm or deny this but the card is probably getting confused by you loading the line with the other phones. I know most of the analog cards I've worked with (which does not include the X101P) really get cranky if there is anything else hanging off that line. The only solution I've seen to the problem is to change things around so that the card is the only thing on the line. In know you said you haven't switched to IP or FXS but is there a reason why? Your problem would go away and you would be able to leverage all the features of Asterisk if you just got a single ATA. Something like a Linksys PAP2T-NA can be had for around $55 USD. Disconnect your PSTN line at the entrance bridge, run it into the X101P, and plug the PAP2T into the house. It is convenient and doesn't require any changes in internal wiring. (You might have to run a few wires if the bridge is on the back of your house.) No need for new phones or anything. Granted, all the internal phones would be on one extension but you have that situation now... And with the ATA you've solved your problem. As the need arises, get more ATAs or IP phones or whatever and build out your internal phone network. Jason ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] anoyingly answers already in use pstn line
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 05:04:32PM -0400, Gleim, Jason wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Bates Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 4:48 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] anoyingly answers already in use pstn line I am using Asterisk and an X101P card as a glorified answering machine. We have a residential PSTN line with about six phones connected to it. Like an answering machine, I want Asterisk answer the line *only* when an incoming call is not answered after four rings. This mostly works. My extensions.conf is at the end of this message. The problem is that Asterisk will sometimes answer the line when someone is already talking on one of the six phones connected to it. Sometimes Asterisk will answer the line and start playing the greeting in the middle of a conversation! This is especially a problem when I am talking on the phone to an automated system, because although I hang up the phone I am talking on, neither the automated system nor Asterisk will hang up. I have not yet discovered a pattern to when Asterisk answers the line. It always answers after four rings, but it sometimes answers when someone is already talking on one of the phones connected to the line. In a perfect world, Asterisk would be the only thing connected to the line, and all our phones would be Asterisk extensions. Unfortunately we do not currently have the required VoIP phones or FXS interface... Is there any way to make Asterisk less flaky, and answer the line *only* when an incoming call is not answered after four rings? --- [default] exten = s,1,Wait(20) exten = s,n,Answer exten = s,n,Background(recordings/coop-greeting) exten = s,n(instruct),Background(recordings/leave-message) exten = s,n,Background(recordings/enter-extension) exten = s,n,Background(recordings/dial-by-name) exten = s,n,Background(recordings/visit-website) exten = s,n,WaitExten ; General delivery mailbox exten = #,1,Voicemail(6000) exten = #,n,Goto(s,instruct) ; Dial by name exten = a,1,Directory(default) ; Entering an invalid extension replays the instructions exten = i,1,Playback(invalid) exten = i,n,Goto(s,instruct) ; Timeout goes to voicemail exten = t,1,Goto(#,1) exten = 6003,1,Macro(stdexten,6003,SIP/cstewart) exten = 6004,1,Macro(stdexten,6004,SIP/mhockley) exten = 6005,1,Macro(stdexten,6005,SIP/jbates) [...] ___ -- 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 Others may wish to chime in and confirm or deny this but the card is probably getting confused by you loading the line with the other phones. I know most of the analog cards I've worked with (which does not include the X101P) really get cranky if there is anything else hanging off that line. The only solution I've seen to the problem is to change things around so that the card is the only thing on the line. The cranky card here is not the issue. It would be the same with any other card. In know you said you haven't switched to IP or FXS but is there a reason why? That would require rewiring. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +972-50-7952406 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xorcom.com iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tzafrir ___ -- 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
