[Asterisk-Users] Zap/TDM400p with old phone.

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Tom Rymes wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I am trying to use and **OLD** Automatic electric phone with my  
> Asterisk server by plugging it into an FXS port on my TDM400p. The  
> phone works great when plugged into a POTS line from Verizon.  However, 
> when I plug it into my TDM400p, the ringer is very weak, and  pulse 
> dialing does not work at all.
> 
> I added pulsedial=yes to /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf, but when I  perform 
> a "zap show channel x" it shows "Pulse phone: no".
> 
> For background, this is running A at H 1.3, which is Asterisk 1.0.8. I  
> post here because I don't think this is an A at H specific problem, so  no 
> "this isn't an A at H list!" postings, please. I have also attempted  
> adding "pulsedial=yes" to /etc/asterisk/zapata_additional.conf and / 
> etc/asterisk/zapata-auto.conf. None of these work. Do I need to patch  
> something to make this work, or should it just work out of the box?
> 
> Also, does anyone have suggestions for making the ringer work  properly? 
> Google provides lots of questions but no answers on both of  these 
> problems.

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