[Asterisk-Users] How to set asterisk NOT to answer incoming lines?

[Steven Critchfield]

On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 16:08 +0000, Patrick Lidstone (Personal e-mail)
wrote:

> I don't think Kelly's response is correct, at least for TDM FXO boards.
> I could not find a way of preventing the FXO board grabbing the line
> when it rang, and subsequent enquiries on this list at the time
> suggested that it wasn't actually possible - which is a pity, as it
> means it is impossible to piggy back Asterisk on a POTS line with other
> auto-answering equipment (e.g. data collection terminals).

It isn't normal to put a PBX on a line shared with other equipment. It
is normal to route the other equipment through the PBX. 

-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>