[asterisk-users] Asterisk as answering machine

[Steve Totaro]

Problematic at best.  Just make a phone an extension and allow that to
ring in a hunt group.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Ron Wheeler
<rwheeler at artifact-software.com> wrote:
> I have connected a PSTN line to a Digium FXO card.
> There is also an ordinary analogue phone attached to the same line.
>
> The Asterisk answers the line on the first ring.
>
> I would like it to wait for a few seconds so that someone can answer the
> PSTN line with an analogue phone.
> This would allow a person to directly pick up the line if they wanted to or
> if not, let it go to the Asterisk where it would be dispatched through the
> normal process.
>
> Currently, as soon as the analogue phone rings, the Asterisk PBX has already
> answered the call and starts the "You have reached..... Dial ...." and tries
> to dispatch the call.
>
> This makes it hard to carry on a conversation.
>
> Ron
>
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