[Asterisk-Users] phantom incomming calls from asterisk

[David Koski]

I have no telco line, only IAX2 to another asterisk server and one SIP phone.

David

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:40:02 -0400
John Novack <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org> wrote:

> Many telcos do an automated once a day or once a week or ?? line test, 
> which can appear as an incoming call to some devices.
> If you unplug your telco line and the events disappear, perhaps that is 
> what is happening?
> 
> John Novack
> 
> 
> John Millican wrote:
> 
> >>About once a day I have noticed a phantom incoming call with a caller ID of
> >>asterisk at 192.168..<cut off>. When I answer the call there is a dial tone
> >>and the call is disconnected. Any clues?
> >>
> >>David Koski
> >>    
> >>
> >David and List,
> >I am having the same problem.
> >I have an * box at my house with 1 zap (pstn on a X100p clone from digit 
> >networks) channel and one sip(linksys ATA).  I am getting ring on the ATA but 
> >there is no call comming in from the pstn.  The following is the CLI output 
> >when this happens.  I know that there is no call on the pstn because i have 
> >an "emergency phone"(frequent power outages) still connected to the PSTN 
> >parallel to the * box and it never rings. All the SIP stuff is on an internal 
> >lan only.  I only call out on PSTN since all I have available here in 
> >nowheare land is dial up :-(  All work flawlessly except for this one 
> >problem.
> >
> >- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/1-1'
> >Jul  8 13:49:23 NOTICE[6150]: chan_zap.c:5405 ss_thread: Got event 2 
> >(Ring/Answered)...
> >    -- Executing Dial("Zap/1-1", "sip/677|35") in new stack
> >    -- Called 677
> >    -- SIP/677-55a8 is ringing
> >  == Spawn extension (default, s, 1) exited non-zero on 'Zap/1-1'
> >    -- Hungup 'Zap/1-1'
> >Is there anything for Zap like sip debug? My first guess is that I am getting 
> >some sort of blip in ring voltage on the PSTN but have no way to prove this.  
> >As a posible logic check I unplugged from PSTN, which put zap into Red alarm 
> >of course, and then i get no phantom calls.  Is there something in the zap 
> >driver that shuts down when in red alarm? 
> >Any Ideas?
> >John M
> >
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