Re: [asterisk-users] Slow to get dialtone when going off hook - bigproblem for me :(
You can also use waitexten = X,1,Wait(3)(for3secs) On 13/11/06, Jim Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:53 PM -0500 John Novack[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dovid B wrote: snip How hard would it be to have asterisk detect a dial tone ? I really can't say. I am not a C programmer, so I wouldn't even know where to start. Given that cheap dial up modems have, for the past ??20?? years, have been able to do just that, I would think it should have been an early consideration For those 1% of users, the last time I tried, the insertion of a whad no effect for pulse dialing either.Well thanks to everyone who responded, and thanks to multiple w's I am back in operation.I went off hook a bunch of times and the worst case seemedto be 3 seconds to get a dial tone (which is pretty bad).It's hard togoogle one letter, but I eventually found that each w is .5 seconds, so 7 w's were inserted to be safe.I also called Cox and griped but I doubtthat will do me any good.I am a C programmer, but I don't know anything about the inards ofAsterisk.However, I would expect that dial tone detection would be a function of the hardware, not the Asterisk software.The cheap modems dothis on board and export a simple command set.But I also don't knowanything about Digium's hardware either.Thanks again!I really appreciate the help! Jim___--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --asterisk-users mailing listTo UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Slow to get dialtone when going off hook - bigproblem for me :(
- Original Message - From: John Novack [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Slow to get dialtone when going off hook - bigproblem for me :( Jim Archer wrote: Hi All... My Asterisk system uses VoIP and also 2 POTS lines from Cox Communications. Recently, the dial tone presentation from Cox seems to have slowed, so it can take as long as 3 seconds to get a dial tone. The problem I am having is that Asterisk does not seem to wait for the dial tone when dialing out. I'm using zaptel T400 cards. Is there any way to configure it such that I can insert a delay between the time the card goes off hook and the time it starts dialing? Alternatively, can I make it wait until there is a dial tone? Incoming calls are just fine, so I am almost certain this is what's happening. Thanks! Jim Asterisk/Zaptel has NEVER detected dial tone. Inserting multiple w's as others have mentioned only seems to work with Tone dialing as well, which is OK for 95% of the people. Of course you still have to guess at the number of w's, and as Cox gets slower, you will have to go back and insert yet another. No one seems to be interested or skilled enough to fix this. It's much more fun to add new wiz bang features than to fix some fundamental design flaws. John Novack ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users How hard would it be to have asterisk detect a dial tone ? ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Slow to get dialtone when going off hook - bigproblem for me :(
Dovid B wrote: snip How hard would it be to have asterisk detect a dial tone ? I really can't say. I am not a C programmer, so I wouldn't even know where to start. Given that cheap dial up modems have, for the past ??20?? years, have been able to do just that, I would think it should have been an early consideration For those 1% of users, the last time I tried, the insertion of a w had no effect for pulse dialing either. JN ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Slow to get dialtone when going off hook - bigproblem for me :(
--On Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:53 PM -0500 John Novack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dovid B wrote: snip How hard would it be to have asterisk detect a dial tone ? I really can't say. I am not a C programmer, so I wouldn't even know where to start. Given that cheap dial up modems have, for the past ??20?? years, have been able to do just that, I would think it should have been an early consideration For those 1% of users, the last time I tried, the insertion of a w had no effect for pulse dialing either. Well thanks to everyone who responded, and thanks to multiple w's I am back in operation. I went off hook a bunch of times and the worst case seemed to be 3 seconds to get a dial tone (which is pretty bad). It's hard to google one letter, but I eventually found that each w is .5 seconds, so 7 w's were inserted to be safe. I also called Cox and griped but I doubt that will do me any good. I am a C programmer, but I don't know anything about the inards of Asterisk. However, I would expect that dial tone detection would be a function of the hardware, not the Asterisk software. The cheap modems do this on board and export a simple command set. But I also don't know anything about Digium's hardware either. Thanks again! I really appreciate the help! Jim ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
