[Asterisk-Users] Possible Issue With Meetme Conferencing in 1.2.0b2 and latest CVS HEAD (02/11/2005)

[Rich Adamson]

> I'm running Asterisk 1.2.0b2 (also tried latest CVS HEAD) in my lab and
> i've come across a strange problem.
> 
> I've setup an extension to call the meetme application, when i call that
> extension it functions as expected, informing me of my conference number
> and that i'm the only one in the conference however right after join the
> conference some problems start occuring:
> 
> 1. If i call in with another client (both are SIP based), it does not
> acknowledge the DTMF tones i send to select the conference room, it acts
> like it never received the DTMF (it plays the "please enter the
> conference number followed by the pound key" prompt again)
> I have verified that the tones are being sent properly, and otherwise
> work as expected. (before selecting a conference room)
> 
> 2. When i hang up the phone Asterisk does not clear the SIP channel in
> use by that phone.
> Before selecting a conference room calls are properly disconnected by
> Asterisk and removed from the "sip show channels" list.
> 
> 3. After the RTP timeout hits (as configured in sip.conf) it prints a
> message every second that the call has timed out and will be
> disconnected. This continues on forever it seems (12 hours in one case)
> Before selecting a conference room, if left idle (no RTP is sent from
> SIP UAC), the SIP session is properly disconnected/terminated after the
> RTP idle timer hits.
> 
> if add the "de" options (dynamic, select an empty conference room)
> the first caller hears the meetme prompts and is put into the first
> conference room, however the second caller hears nothing, looking at the
> debug output on asterisk shows that meetme was called and nothing else
> after that
> 
> 
> I'm running on linux kernel 2.6.13.4 (vanilla, with grsecurity patches)
> Zaptel drivers were compiled with "make linux26"
> There is a T100P card in the system and the "zaptel" and "wct1xxp"
> modules are loaded
> I've tried using the ztdummy module in place of wct1xxp with the same
> results
> Asterisk and Zaptel were compiled with gcc 3.3.5 on Debian Sarge
> 
> submitted bug - http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=5578

That's odd. I just checked our meetme using two C7960's and an external
Zap (pstn) call, and all worked as expected. Using cvs-head from early
morning Nov 1 on fc3 with analog TDM04 card.