[Asterisk-Users] New Asterisk user - Dumb Questions

[Tom Rymes]

On Nov 27, 2005, at 8:52 PM, John Novack wrote:

> Mike McMullen wrote:

[snip]

>> I have installed Asterisk at Home 2.0 which uses Asterisk 1.2.
>>
>> Everything appears to be running great with two exceptions:
>>
>> 1) On outbound dialing it appears that about 50% of the time the
>>    leading dial digit is lost by the phone company. I have 8 analog
>>    lines connected into two digium TDM400P cards.
>>    I think Asterisk is dialing the number before the carrier (SBC)
>>    is ready. Is there a way to create a delay in the dialing to allow
>>    SBC to be ready to take the dialing? Kind of like the "w" command
>>    in modem dialing. If so, what do I need to put and in which  
>> configuration
>>    file?
>>
> You are absolutely correct.
> Asterisk does NOT listen for dialtone, and no one seems able or  
> cares to fix that problem
>
> IF, and only IF, you are dialing with DTMF, you can insert a series  
> of "w" into the dial string.
> Search the list archives for exactly where, then you will have to  
> struggle with *@home to make the change and keep it from being  
> overwritten.
> If, on the other hand, one uses pulse dial, then the "w"  in the  
> dialstring will not work.

As someone else mentioned, open AMP, configure your ZAP Trunk and put  
the 'w' in there. Works like a charm.

>> 2) Is there a way to increase the volume of received vmail in  
>> email? I've
>>    tried listening to them on 2 different PCs and a laptop. Even  
>> with volume
>>    turned up all the way, they are very faint.
>
> Another chronic Asterisk problem.
> I am not sure there has been a fix to this either. Seems to only be  
> there with the TDM400, or perhaps the TDM400 and the X100 cards..

You might want to consider looking at your ZAP txgain and rxgain  
settings. Be careful, because messing with them and setting them  
improperly can result in echo problems. However, it is possible that  
the ZAP channel rxgain needs to be boosted. You don't notice on  
normal telephone calls because you have your phone's volume control  
turned up to compensate. The Voicemail app, however, isn't able to  
compensate in the same way.

Tom
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