[asterisk-users] using asterisk on a shared line

[Steve Totaro]

If you don't have an objection to 24/7 then that is by far the best way,
just get some fxs ports and each POTS phone can have it's own extension if
you want.

Certainly the way to go if there is no reason stopping you.

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Bill Lovett <bill at ilovett.com> wrote:

> I get how everything is connected with your setup, but if you pick up
> the cordless phone to answer a call does the sip extension just keep
> ringing until it times out?
>
> I like the exclusion adapter idea because it sounds like it would let
> me keep my dialplan intact. But I do take John and Trevor's point
> about putting everything through asterisk and running it 24/7. It
> would make things a lot simpler.
>
> On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:58 PM, Tom Browning wrote:
>
> >
> > An exclusion adapter is overkill.  My Asterisk line card is the $10
> > Win modem card that I got from ebay.
> >
> > When you call my copper line, two devices see the inbound ringer:
> >
> > 1.  The Uniden 5.8Ghz cordless phone base station that answers 95%
> > of the calls
> > 2.  Asterisk with a win modem line card that: a. runs a perl AGI
> > script to parse caller-id name and number b. rings a sip extension
> > or c. answers the call and plays funny messages and DTMF tones at
> > the telemarketers.
> >
> > Just make sure that Asterisk only RINGS the sip extensions but never
> > sends the call to play a message or voicemail or any other Asterisk
> > feature that will issue an implicit Answer and take the call.
> >
>
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