[asterisk-users] pstn hangs up: MWI no message waiting ??

[Steve Totaro]

Sounds like an awful hack.  What does DAHDI do that Zaptel does not?
Sounds more like a post for the bugs list....

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Danny Nicholas <danny at debsinc.com> wrote:
> Why not do a "zap restart" instead of restarting asterisk?  You could write
> an AGI to do the ZR when the condition occurred and lines where empty.
>
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>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:10 PM, sean darcy <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Doug Bailey wrote:
>>> ----- "sean darcy" <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> pstn incoming on a TDM400P, sometimes i* won't answer, going into
>>>> a loop like this:
>>>>
>>>>   -- Starting simple switch on 'DAHDI/4-1'
>>>> [Jan 16 10:38:55] NOTICE[5808]: chan_dahdi.c:7130 ss_thread: Got event
>>>>
>>>> 18 (Ring Begin)...
>>>> [Jan 16 10:38:57] NOTICE[5808]: chan_dahdi.c:7130 ss_thread: Got event
>>>> 2
>>>> (Ring/Answered)...
>>>> [Jan 16 10:38:57] NOTICE[5808]: chan_dahdi.c:7299 ss_thread: MWI:
>>>> Channel 4 no message waiting!
>>>
>>> This message occurs when the pstn sends a FSK spill indicating the
>>> message waiting status of the FXO port in question.   This may encoded
>>> in the caller ID indicator or may be contained in its own message spill.
>>> This is output as a NOTICE logging message.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Doug Bailey
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure I understand all that, but why does asterisk hang up? It
>> means I can't receive any calls on that pstn line. AFAICS, only
>> restarting asterisk allows calls to be received.
>>
>> A cron job to restart every 5 minutes?
>>
>> sean
>>
>>
>
> I hear Zaptel is pretty stable......
>
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