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

[Steve Totaro]

Both are hacks.  Neither are good hacks.

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Danny Nicholas <danny at debsinc.com> wrote:
> So "Zap restart" is a worse hack than restarting *?  What DAHDI does that
> Zaptel doesn't -
> 1. Makes Digium lawyers happy
> 2. Gives Developers headaches
> 3. Makes Coffee and soft drink manufacturers happy since we need so much
> caffine.
> 4. Make priests happy since we have to go to confession about it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 3:54 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] pstn hangs up: MWI no message waiting ??
>
> 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.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro
>> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 3:39 PM
>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] pstn hangs up: MWI no message waiting ??
>>
>> 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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>
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