[Asterisk-Users] E911 Testing !

[Frank]

I defined in my extensions.conf file this...
exten => _X11,1,Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN})

then tested it by dialing 411 (information) and 311(nyc info). I think that if 
these two work for you then its safe to assume 911 works as well without 
having to test it. 


On Wednesday 19 January 2005 04:45 pm, Manjit Riat wrote:
> I believe the 911 is a serious issue if one does an asterisk installation
> in an office. How do you test 911? Won't they arrest you or something for
> dialing 911 for no reason and talking to one of their agents who could have
> taken a more important call?
>
> On the other hand what an emergency comes up (like someone got seriously
> injured) and on top of that asterisk crashed all of a sudden bringing the
> whole office PBX down. Since it would be not be possible to place a call
> and emergency matter becomes more serious, who would be held responsible?
> The person who installed the PBX for not implementing a redundant and
> reliable system?