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

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Have you tried this?
I know that according to the docs you are right. I'm just asking you
for a favor, if you have a digium TDM04B test this, and tell me the
result.


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:25:49 -0500, Andrew Kohlsmith
<akohlsmith-asterisk at benshaw.com> wrote:
> On January 13, 2005 11:08 am, 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).
> 
> Untrue.
> 
> If the context that the FXO port is dumped in to lacks an extension that would
> answer a ringing line, it won't answer.
> 
> Create an extension like thus:
> 
> [noanswer]
> 
> (that's it, nothing in it) -- now point zapata.conf to it:
> 
> context=noanswer
> channel => 1  (or whatever channel it happens to be)
> 
> reload asterisk, that is it.
> 
> -A.
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