[Asterisk-Users] Ringdown Circuit Configuration

[Stephen Webb]

Does anyone know if this can be done by any VoIP Technology (SIP, IAX,
IAX2 or MGCP) I don't know the protocols!


On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 09:56, Steven Critchfield wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 09:04, Don Pobanz wrote:
> > We have need of a ringdown circuit in an elevator. If someone picks up 
> > the phone, it should dial another extension without any keys being 
> > pressed. (There are no keys on the phone)
> > 
> > If it was an incoming call to asterisk, the following lines in 
> > extensions.conf would do the trick.
> > exten => s,1,Answer
> > exten => s,2,Dial,Zap/10
> > 
> > However, the 's' state is not valid for just picking up a phone 
> > (extension). With nothing being dialed there are no extension matches 
> > to make. It is like the dial tone needs to time out in a very short 
> > time and instead of getting the busy tone, asterisk should dial an 
> > extension.
> 
> in /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf, I think this is what you are looking for.
> ;
> ; Specify whether the channel should be answered immediately or
> ; if the simple switch should provide dialtone, read digits, etc.
> ;
> immediate=no
>