[Asterisk-Users] Migration to Asterisk - Running off of Merlin Legend system

[Dave Weis]

It generally will send dtmf tones over the line. Get a test set/butt set
and hook it up and listen to the line when the transfers occur.

Will asterisk support reading dtmf before the call is picked up?

dave


On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Steve Creel wrote:

> We currently have a Merlin Legend system.  The voicemail is falling apart
> (with the transition to a 10 digit timestamp on Sept. 8, 2001, the system
> locked up and refused to take calls; the official solution is to change
> the system time back to a year with a matching calendar).  We are in the
> process of preparing the network infrastructure to support a VoIP system
> with Asterisk, but won't be there for a few months.  We'd like to go ahead
> and replace the voicemail system with Asterisk now, and as we're ready,
> drop the Merlin system.
> 
> My questions:
> 
> Right now, the voicemail system (and auto-attendant) are connected to the
> switch by 4 analog lines.  Logic says that these are FXS cards in the
> switch, like any other extension.  The switch handles an incoming call and
> transfers it to the auto-attendant.  How would such a call be identified
> to be dropped in the appropriate context?
> 
> When the phone switch fails to reach someone at an extension, it transfers
> them to the voicemail system.  How could these calls be identified as
> different from an incoming call to the auto-attendant?  How is the
> appropriate mailbox or extension identified?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
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> Steve Creel                                screel at turbs.com
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