[Asterisk-Users] Pickup zap channel already in use?

[Mark Woods]

Hmmm....

I didn't notice any noise, but I was only focusing on
connectivity.

-Mark


> 
> I'm getting a ton of noise on the channel just from the * side when I
> pickup my zap channel.
> Otherwise it works fine, if the other person in the house hangs up the
> noise goes away..
> 
> 
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 23:30:08 -0400, Mark Woods <asteriskadmin at fuse.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Kent wrote:
> > 
> > >On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:58:47 +0000, Mark Woods <asteriskadmin at fuse.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>I have to admit that your question interested me because I'm thinking of setting up the same thing.  As of yet, though, I haven't found an answer to it.
> > >>
> > >>It's fairly simple when * has picked up, but I haven't really devoted much time to figuring out how to do it when it hasn't.
> > >>
> > >>So...let me work on it, and I'll let you know what I come up with.  It's going to take at least a week, though, as I'm going to Oshkosh for the EAA Airventure on Thursday...but I'll see what I can come up with after that.
> > >>
> > >>-Mark
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >A friend of mine who is another * user suggested using an extension
> > >with an empty Dial statement to connect my sip phone to the zap
> > >channel. I am going to try that tonight and see if that works.
> > >
> > >Let me know if you figure out anything else.
> > >
> > >Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > I actually got a chance to try it just now.  Works like a champ!
> > 
> > It has the added benefit of giving direct access, with dialtone, to the
> > outside line, instead of having * dial.
> > 
> > Here's what I put in my extensions.conf:
> > 
> > exten => 4000,1,Dial(Zap/1/)
> > exten => 4000,2,Congestion
> > 
> > -Mark
> > 
> > 
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