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

[Jim Archer]

Mark, I took a look at this app.  How would I do this?  Put wait for ring 
at the top of the loop?  How do I detect and act on the return value?


--On Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:38 PM -0500 Mark Spencer 
<markster at digium.com> wrote:

> Actually there is a "WaitForRing" app that would probably solve this more
> easily.
>
> Mark
>
> On 2 Jul 2003, Steven Critchfield wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 13:34, 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.
>> >
>> > My hardware is 2 X100P cards.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>>
>> Get a TDM10B, cancel your distinctive ring, and let asterisk answer
>> immediately and detect fax tones and forward it to your fax machine.
>> --
>> Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>
>>
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