[Asterisk-Users] Music on hold on timing sources

[Trevor G. Hammonds]

> From: Marty Mastera
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 March 2005 1:01 PM
>
> I have read that music on hold requires a timing source (which I
> never had to worry about previously since the  server had zaptel hardware 
> in it)...now I'm configuring a server in a colo which has no zaptel 
> hardware.

You can use ztdummy as your timing source.  
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+timer+ztdummy

> If I use the dialplan to run MusicOnHold(), I do get the music 
> upon dialling that extension, but if I try to use the hold button 
> on either a 7960 or X-Lite I get nothing.  Is this the expected 
> behavior?  I figured that if a timing source was needed that 
> MusicOnHold() should not work, but it does....

This is a result of a bug (3701) which has been corrected in CVS.  Updating
your installation with the latest CVS code from either stable or head will
get MOH working properly again.  

		Sincerely,
		Trevor Hammonds