[Asterisk-Users] Background command noanswer option

[Mark morris]

Hello List,

Thank you CF for your reply, but it still doesn't work for my ATA. Is it 
safe to say it is the ATA's problem?

C F <shmaltz at gmail.com> wrote:
>It should work even without answer, try putting in a wait(2) instead
>of the answer.

On 5/9/05, Mark morris <mmorris36 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Hello List,
>>
>>I am an Asterisk newbie, and I got a question about Asterisk Background
>>command's option "noanswer":
>>
>>What is required from the user agent, such as a SIP phone, to be able to
>>hear the playback without Answer()?
>>
>>I'm asking this because when I used X-Lite, I could hear the the audio 
>>file
>>but when I used a hardware phone (an ATA in fact) I couldn't hear it. The
>>ATA supports G711u, which is the codec I set for the peer. Only when I
>>change the dial plan to Answer(), then Background(file, skip)in
>>extension.conf could I hear the audio using the ATA. Seems if the channel
>>must be answered for it to hear it. Is there something required from the 
>>ATA
>>to support the noanswer feature? If so, what is it?
>>
>>Thank you in advance.

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