[Asterisk-Users] integration with Meridian/Norstar ATA2

[Jorge Mendoza]

Darrick Hartman wrote:
> Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
>   
>> On Tuesday 03 January 2006 20:14, Darrick Hartman wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I'm attempting to use an asterisk box with a Digium TDM01B as voicemail
>>> for an existing Meridian/Norstar PBX with an ATA-2 adapter.  We're
>>> having problems where hangup is not always (but sometimes) detected.
>>> It's not detected probably 70% of the time or more.  (The users transfer
>>> callers to an extension--caller then has to navigate a menu to get to
>>> the appropriate user).
>>>       
>> One solution you could use is to simply set an AbsoluteTimeout() before 
>> hitting VoiceMail, so that after 60 seconds it drops the call with prejudice.  
>> 60 seconds actually is quite a long time to store a message, and the odd time 
>> that it hangs up on a caller may be acceptable.
>>
>>     
>
> Forgot to mention that the boss likes to call in and dictate to the
> secretary on the voicemail system.  (so the maximum message length was
> set to 3600 seconds)  If I'm reading correctly AbsoluteTimeout() would
> limit the length of the call to whatever value is set.  If that's 60
> seconds, the max length of the vm message would essentially be 60
> seconds.  That won't work for this solution.
>
> I'll try silence detection in the voicemail.conf file because so far,
> that seems like the "best" solution.  Another option would be to force
> the boss to call in on the analog line that we have dedicated to
> Asterisk for any dictations.
>
> Darrick
>   
Probably I'm wrong, but it is not better to use an  TDM10B  (1) FXS
connected to an Meridian  CO port?

Jorge