[Asterisk-Users] A TDM issue..

[chouck]

That is what I was worried about.  Let me try and explain the situation a 
bit better... Basically I have an existing P.A. system that works by simply 
picking up the line that it is connected to.  So basically I just pick up a 
phone and I am instantly talking over the P.A.  So what I wanted to do was 
hook the line into an fxs port (instead of a standard phone) and dial an 
extension from anywhere and have it instantly bridge me to the line.  I 
figured this would be simple and I thought that the answer command would do 
it for me.. for instance

exten=1234,1,Answer(ZAP/1)

and wham.. I am on the P.A. when I dial 1234.  But unfortunately that is not 
how the Answer command works and I was hoping someone on here would know of 
an alternative.

Thanks again,

-Chad

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Kohlsmith" <akohlsmith-asterisk at benshaw.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] A TDM issue..


> On Tuesday 26 July 2005 09:43, chouck wrote:
>> I assure you I have read the asterisk handbook many times.  The
>> immediate=yes is for picking up a phone on an fxs and having it 
>> immediately
>> dial an extension.  I am looking for someone to dial an extension and 
>> have
>> it immediately pick up the phone on an fxs port.
>
> I misread your message then, I apologize.
>
> immediate=yes means it immeditely enters the dialplan at the given 
> context's
> 's' extension.  It can dial an extension, execute an AGI, make your 
> coffee...
> whatever you have in the dialplan.
>
> Now to answer your question though -- how do you intend for Asterisk to
> physically pick up some telephone somewhere?  Are you wanting extension 5,
> for example, to not ring a telephone on an FXS port but have the phone
> automatically answer?  The phone needs to have auto-answer capability...
> Asterisk can't make something answer a line, it can only ring the FXS port
> and wait for the connected device to answer...
>
> -A.
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