[Asterisk-Users] BIG problem with multiple rings before pickup

[Jim Archer]

Thanks, but this is not a great solution.  It still leaves the line off 
hook for the length of the timeout and limits real calls to the timeout as 
well.


--On Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:11 PM -0500 Tilghman Lesher 
<tilghman at mail.jeffandtilghman.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday 02 July 2003 01:34 pm, Jim Archer wrote:
>> Hi All...
>>
>> I have a maddening problem...
>>
>> I have Asterisk configured to pick up a line after 4 rings.  I do
>> this to allow my fax machine to pick up a particular distinctive
>> ring pattern, so I don't have to pay for a dedicated fax line.
>>
>> If someone calls the line, lets it ring 3 times and then hangs up,
>> Asterisk answers the line, and holds it off hook forever,
>> constantly playing the prompts.
>
> show application AbsoluteTimeout
>
> -Tilghman
>
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