[asterisk-users] Ringing phones

[Noah Miller]

Hi Matt -

> The config is pretty simple.. when a call comes in it does an
> Answer(), which obviously is going to stop the phone companies
> no-answer-call-forward from working.  My question, better perhaps,
> is.. is there a way to cause asterisk to push the ringing through to
> my ring group, without actually answering the line?

Yes, as suggested earlier, just don't use the Answer() statement.
Just skip it and go directly to the Dial() command for your ring
group.  The only real reason to do an Answer() before a Dial() is if
you're getting audio-skippage (a very technical term) at the beginning
of a call.  This can happen on some FXO cards and phone lines, but it
should generally work without the Answer().

- Noah




> On 11/8/06, Andrew Joakimsen <joakimsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why don't you post your configuration?
> >
> >
> > On 11/8/06, Matt <mhoppes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Apologies.. we are using a sangom 4 port FXO card.   It used to work
> > > (or so the company claims that has the PBX), but they are saying it
> > > stopped.. yet nothing has changed on the PBX system.  I have verified
> > > it IS picking up and then passing the call onto the ringgroup (hence
> > > taking it out of the phone companies domain).
> > >
> > > On 11/8/06, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
> > > > You did not mention what your FXO (connection to PSTN) hardware is???
> > > > Depending on what it is there may be configuration options for things
> > like
> > > > 'ring thru' and wether the fxo answers or passes the call to *
> > > >
> > > > Doug
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Matt wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I have a system that connects to the PSTN.    What do I need to do so
> > > > > that when a call comes in, the system will start ringing the hunt
> > > > > group I have setup but not actually answer the call?  The problem is
> > > > > the system is answering the call, and then passing 'ringing tones'
> > > > > back to the caller, so this makes the phone companies
> > > > > call-forward-no-answer not work since the telco thinks they have
> > > > > answered!
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