[asterisk-users] Busy out a zap channel?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 05:42:15PM -0300, Vin?cius Fontes wrote:
> You could simply short-circuit the two wires of the line. The telco
> will interpret that as a busy line.

Please....

600 ohm, 1 watt wirewound resistor.  If it's on a short loop, you might
have to go as high as 5 watts.  POTS lines can drive a fair amount of
power, as you understand if you've ever dropped a 12" Crescent across a
-48VDC busbar.

Cheers,
-- jra
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