[asterisk-users] pstn hangs up: MWI no message waiting ??

[Steve Totaro]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:10 PM, sean darcy <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Doug Bailey wrote:
>> ----- "sean darcy" <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> pstn incoming on a TDM400P, sometimes i* won't answer, going into
>>> a loop like this:
>>>
>>>   -- Starting simple switch on 'DAHDI/4-1'
>>> [Jan 16 10:38:55] NOTICE[5808]: chan_dahdi.c:7130 ss_thread: Got event
>>>
>>> 18 (Ring Begin)...
>>> [Jan 16 10:38:57] NOTICE[5808]: chan_dahdi.c:7130 ss_thread: Got event
>>> 2
>>> (Ring/Answered)...
>>> [Jan 16 10:38:57] NOTICE[5808]: chan_dahdi.c:7299 ss_thread: MWI:
>>> Channel 4 no message waiting!
>>
>> This message occurs when the pstn sends a FSK spill indicating the
>> message waiting status of the FXO port in question.   This may encoded
>> in the caller ID indicator or may be contained in its own message spill.
>> This is output as a NOTICE logging message.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Doug Bailey
>>
>
> I'm not sure I understand all that, but why does asterisk hang up? It
> means I can't receive any calls on that pstn line. AFAICS, only
> restarting asterisk allows calls to be received.
>
> A cron job to restart every 5 minutes?
>
> sean
>
>
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I hear Zaptel is pretty stable......

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