[Asterisk-Users] Using answering machine in my phone

[Adam Bezanson]

>>Actually, this may not be doing what you think.  It remembers all of the
>>options from earlier channels.  This would work better if it was the
>>first channel you defined.

Ah thanks forgot about that. Still no difference though :(

>>What happens if the *only* thing on the port is the answering machine?

The answering machine is embedded in the phone. So that's the only thing
connected to the line.

>> I suspect the answering machine more than I suspect the phone.

Me too. Something's indeed strange. I'll probably just end up using the
Voicemail system in Asterisk then.

Thanks,
Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Gulbranson [mailto:roger at gulbranson.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 2:36 PM
To: Adam Bezanson
Cc: Roger Gulbranson
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Using answering machine in my phone

On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 13:44, Adam Bezanson wrote:
> Thanks,
> As you suspected the AbsoluteTimeout didn't help.
> I chopped the Zapata.conf file down to just
> 
> context=from-internal
> signalling=fxo_ks
> channel => 3

>>Actually, this may not be doing what you think.  It remembers all of the
>>options from earlier channels.  This would work better if it was the
>>first channel you defined.

> Same thing happens.
> What's strange is that if I pick up the phone before the answering machine
> it works fine. Call says up until either party hangs up.

>>OK, that says it works with *just* an analog phone.

>>What happens if the *only* thing on the port is the answering machine?

At this point I'm getting a bit stumped.  The only things I have on my
FXS ports are phones.  Granted, the answering machine *should* act like
just another phone.

> Any chance the phone is doing something funny when the answering machine
> picks up to make Asterisk thing the line went onhook? Then it's a fixed
> timout after that before it hangs up the line?

I suspect the answering machine more than I suspect the phone.

> Thanks for all the suggestions so far,

No problem.