asterisk users - Jun 2005 - Making Asterisk NOT Pickup a Line when Ringing?

Hi,
What do I need to do to get asterisk to NOT pickup a Zap channel when
it rings?  The channel in question is used for outbound calls only,
and all incoming calls are answered by an analog phone elsewhere in
the building that does not run through asterisk... so.. either make it
not answer.. or make it delay for like 90 seconds.. I've tried
wait's.. but it still seems to pickup the channel (even without an
answer!)

Do a google search this has been asked and answered many times before (I
even think on Voip-info that there is an example of the one line of code
to change to make this happen).

Cheers,
Dean

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Ringing?
> 
> Hi,
> What do I need to do to get asterisk to NOT pickup a Zap channel when
> it rings?  The channel in question is used for outbound calls only,
> and all incoming calls are answered by an analog phone elsewhere in
> the building that does not run through asterisk... so.. either make it
> not answer.. or make it delay for like 90 seconds.. I've tried
> wait's.. but it still seems to pickup the channel (even without an
> answer!)
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On Jun 14, 2005, at 09:04, Matt wrote:
> Hi,
> What do I need to do to get asterisk to NOT pickup a Zap channel when
> it rings?  The channel in question is used for outbound calls only,
> and all incoming calls are answered by an analog phone elsewhere in
> the building that does not run through asterisk... so.. either make it
> not answer.. or make it delay for like 90 seconds.. I've tried
> wait's.. but it still seems to pickup the channel (even without an
> answer!)
Simply not defining the channel in zaptel/zapata (either or both, but  
primarily zapata) should do it. If Asterisk doesn't know about the  
channel, then it won't know it's ringing.

Regards,
Bryce Chidester
Rhino Equipment Corp.
bryce@rhinoequipment.com        SIP: 305@rhinoequipment.zapto.org
+1 (480) 940-1826 x305                IAX:  
guest@rhinoequipment.zapto.org/305

On Tuesday 14 June 2005 12:04, Matt wrote:
> What do I need to do to get asterisk to NOT pickup a Zap channel when
> it rings?  The channel in question is used for outbound calls only,
Just don't Answer().  Seems to work for me.  I'm not sure why it
doesn't for
you.  Perhaps show us the relevant bits from extensions.conf?

-A.

> Well voip-info seems to be down.   However, a search on google does
> bring up info about using Wait(x);... but as I stated.. using that
> (even without an answer line) seems to make Asterisk take control of
> the line!
Apparently you can do this with contexts; I actually _just_ posted a
Question for a clarification on this one. (See "Questions about
contexts")

Basically you aim your inbound Zap channel at either a non-existent
context, or a blank context, and Asterisk won't do anything.

I'm curious because you say that it "answers" without an Answer
line.
There are some apps that will automatically answer, but if you are
just using wait(x) then there shouldn't be an answer. When you dial into
the Zap card, do you hear it answer while watching the console?

Thanks,
J.

Strange, Matt.  I have this setup here at home and I just have a [pstn] 
context for incoming on the landline; it looks like this:

[pstn]
exten => s,1,Wait(30)

And that's it.  The landline answering machine picks it up before the 30 
seconds are up, so Asterisk never gets the call.  Now...mind you, it 
WILL do a CLID lookup as soon as it rings, and that's handy.  My context 
actually looks like:

[pstn]
exten => s,1,agi,calldb_handle|${CALLERIDNAME}|${CALLERIDNUM}|${UNIQUEID}
exten => s,2,agi,call_notify|${CALLERIDNAME}|${CALLERIDNUM}|landline
exten => s,3,Wait(30)

This actually gets the callerid, does some database work with it, 
notifies me via AIM that I have an incoming call and from whom, and then 
waits.  But it works the same as above.

Nathan

Matt wrote:
> Hi,
> What do I need to do to get asterisk to NOT pickup a Zap channel when
> it rings?  The channel in question is used for outbound calls only,
> and all incoming calls are answered by an analog phone elsewhere in
> the building that does not run through asterisk... so.. either make it
> not answer.. or make it delay for like 90 seconds.. I've tried
> wait's.. but it still seems to pickup the channel (even without an
> answer!)
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As far as I know, turning off fax detection will make the line ring
without asterisk answering the line first.






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Kohlsmith
Sent: 14 June 2005 17:40
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Making Asterisk NOT Pickup a Line when
Ringing?

On Tuesday 14 June 2005 12:04, Matt wrote:
> What do I need to do to get asterisk to NOT pickup a Zap channel when
> it rings?  The channel in question is used for outbound calls only,
Just don't Answer().  Seems to work for me.  I'm not sure why it
doesn't
for 
you.  Perhaps show us the relevant bits from extensions.conf?

-A.
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On 6/14/05, Matt <mhoppes@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> What do I need to do to get asterisk to NOT pickup a Zap channel when
> it rings?  The channel in question is used for outbound calls only,
> and all incoming calls are answered by an analog phone elsewhere in
> the building that does not run through asterisk... so.. either make it
> not answer.. or make it delay for like 90 seconds.. I've tried
> wait's.. but it still seems to pickup the channel (even without an
> answer!)
Just put that line in a context with just one line :

[from-pstn-noanswer]
exten => s,1,Hangup

That works for me

If you want to record the Caller ID in the CDR, do it like this :

[from-pstn-noanswer]
exten => s,1,Wait,3   ; Wait 3 seconds, to get callerid
exten => s,2,Hangup

hth

On Tuesday 14 June 2005 14:38, Time Bandit wrote:
> [from-pstn-noanswer]
> exten => s,1,Wait,3   ; Wait 3 seconds, to get callerid
> exten => s,2,Hangup
No.  You will get multiple entries then if they stay on the line and it rings 
again after the hangup.  Make that Wait() a 30 or 60 second wait to make sure 
they hang up before the dialplan continues.

-A.