[Asterisk-Users] Ringdown Circuit Configuration

[Steven Critchfield]

On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 09:04, Don Pobanz wrote:
> We have need of a ringdown circuit in an elevator. If someone picks up 
> the phone, it should dial another extension without any keys being 
> pressed. (There are no keys on the phone)
> 
> If it was an incoming call to asterisk, the following lines in 
> extensions.conf would do the trick.
> exten => s,1,Answer
> exten => s,2,Dial,Zap/10
> 
> However, the 's' state is not valid for just picking up a phone 
> (extension). With nothing being dialed there are no extension matches 
> to make. It is like the dial tone needs to time out in a very short 
> time and instead of getting the busy tone, asterisk should dial an 
> extension.

in /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf, I think this is what you are looking for.
;
; Specify whether the channel should be answered immediately or
; if the simple switch should provide dialtone, read digits, etc.
;
immediate=no


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Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>