asterisk users - Jan 2006 - Why can Asterisk Auto Attendant pick up on firstring?

Someone will probably tell you with more certainty, but (you don't say
but I assume you are talking about FXO) the Caller ID normally comes in
between the first and seconds rings, I think you can tell asterisk not
to get the CID but if you don't, it waits for it.

Also, I remember reading in a modem manual something about the number of
rings you had to let your modem ring before doing an auto answer, I
think Telecom (Australia's government owned telco at the time, now
Telstra) required 2 rings. This was 15-20 years ago though.

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dakota
> Sent: Friday, 13 January 2006 09:24
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Why can Asterisk Auto Attendant pick up on
> firstring?
> 
> I have an Asterisk installation, however whever someone calls into it,
> they
> hear it ring two times, before the Auto Attendant comes on.
> 
> Is there a way to get the system to answer on the first ring?
> 
> 
> ---Dakota
> 
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I agree with you on one point - with PRI, you can answer before any rings...

PaulH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
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Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Why can Asterisk Auto Attendant pick up
onfirstring?

> Someone will probably tell you with more certainty, but (you don't say
> but I assume you are talking about FXO) the Caller ID normally comes in
> between the first and seconds rings, I think you can tell asterisk not
> to get the CID but if you don't, it waits for it.
>
> Also, I remember reading in a modem manual something about the number of
> rings you had to let your modem ring before doing an auto answer, I
> think Telecom (Australia's government owned telco at the time, now
> Telstra) required 2 rings. This was 15-20 years ago though.
>
> James
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> > bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dakota
> > Sent: Friday, 13 January 2006 09:24
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Why can Asterisk Auto Attendant pick up on
> > firstring?
> >
> > I have an Asterisk installation, however whever someone calls into it,
> > they
> > hear it ring two times, before the Auto Attendant comes on.
> >
> > Is there a way to get the system to answer on the first ring?
> >
> >
> > ---Dakota
> >
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