[Asterisk-Users] Answer on second ring - need it on first.

Richard Scobie r.scobie at clear.net.nz
Sat Oct 4 23:57:52 MST 2003


Steven Critchfield wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 12:02, Lists wrote:
> 
>>But would you then not be able to use caller id from the telco?
> 
> 
> CallerID on an analog line is sent between the first and second ring
> normally. So if the requester wants callerid and first ring answer, he
> will have to move to PRI. 
> 
> Some choices have drawbacks, of course PRI is usually just cost. 
> 

Fortunately I do not require Caller ID.

Adding usecallerid=no to zapata.conf has resulted in answering on the 
first ring. Interestingly it has also fixed a 196kB memory leak that 
occurs for every call to the X100P. This is outlined in Bug 356.

Regards,

Richard




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