[Asterisk-Users] X100P and NTL (ex Cable + Wireless)

[willy at yponeinc.com]

X100P hangup detection works only sporadically in the US as
well.
Probably a bug in hardware and/or software.  Not sure.  It
just does not work for a lot of people.
WW
----- Original Message Follows -----
> Firstly, let me just say I am new to asterisk and if
> anything I've said  is covered in an FAQ or in previous
> posts I apologise but I have tried  searching and I've
> attempted a few of the things I found but they didn't 
> help.
> 
> Has anybody got any experience using an X100P on an NTL
> phone line in  the UK (I'm in an ex Cable & Wireless area
> if that makes any difference).
> 
> The problem I'm having (and judging by the number of
> references to it  I've found searching it is a common one)
> is getting * to detect when the  line has been hung up. 
> It doesn't matter if it comes through to a  person
> directly as they can just hang that phone up, but when it
> hits  voicemail, and it sits there for two minutes
> recording an empty message,  and then emails it to the
> person it can be a bit annoying!
> 
> There are a couple of possible things that I realize could
> be causing  it, the most major being that the phone wiring
> to the port that asterisk  is plugged into is a bit dodgy
> and I think there is a fair amount of  interference which
> I suspect could be annoying it a bit.
> 
> The other possible problem is that when someone hangs up,
> the tone that  comes down the phone line to indicate that
> it has been hung up lasts for  about 4 seconds, and then
> the line just goes silent - would this mean  that the busy
> detect mechanism would not detect that it has been hung
> up?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Alex Brett
> alex.brett at loho.co.uk
> +44 (0)870 744 2170
> http://www.loho.co.uk/
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