asterisk users - Mar 2004 - x100p Q.

Hi everyone.
I've now managed to my basic voip setup working, but I have a problem with
my
fxo cards.
If I plug the cards into the pstn line whilst a normall phone is also plugged 
in, the normal phone continually rings. I'm convinced that this is a problem
with the wiring but I don't know what/why. The * box works perfectly (with 
the exception of the callerid) so long as I don't have another phone plugged
in. I can't just unplug all the other phones - the sky box + alarm system 
must remain plugged in.
I can still ring out on the other phones and also on the * box, but the 
constant ringing is obviously a problem :)

Is this normal ?
Has anyone else seen this ?
fyi I'm based in the UK.

TIA
Jon Lawrence

On Saturday 06 March 2004 10:03 am, Jon Lawrence wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> I've now managed to my basic voip setup working, but I have a problem
with
> my fxo cards.
> If I plug the cards into the pstn line whilst a normall phone is also
> plugged in, the normal phone continually rings. I'm convinced that this
is
> a problem with the wiring but I don't know what/why. The * box works
> perfectly (with the exception of the callerid) so long as I don't have
> another phone plugged in. I can't just unplug all the other phones -
the
> sky box + alarm system must remain plugged in.
> I can still ring out on the other phones and also on the * box, but the
> constant ringing is obviously a problem :)
>
> Is this normal ?
> Has anyone else seen this ?
> fyi I'm based in the UK.
Hi,

I was having a similar problem with all the none asterisk'd phones ringing, 
but it was only occasionally. I solved the problem by plugging everything 
through asterisk! *8-)

FYI (and the lists') A UK Sky box can be configured to dial 9 (or any other 
code) for an outside line. Press Services, 4, 0, 1, select and you will be 
taken to the engineers menu which includes phone setup. Alternatively, at 
least on my box, the phone number it dials is 08007317929 which you could set 
up as an extension to allow direct dialing for that number.

I'd be surprised if the alarm can't also be configured in a similar way.

The other option is, plug these other phones into the phone socket on the x100 
card. This should solve the problem of the phones ringing. It would probably 
be the best way to configure the alarm as well come to think of it, that way 
during a power cut the alarm can still ring out if anyone breaks in!

Hope this helps,

Darren.

PS, is anyone working on CallerID in the UK? It would be very handy, but I 
don't know enough about programming/phones to do anything bar testing!
>
> TIA
> Jon Lawrence
>
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Darren Poulson - Unix Admin
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BOFH excuse #162:

bugs in the RAID

The root cause of the problem is the 3 wire phone wiring in the UK compared 
to the 2 wire wiring in the US.  I've had the problem you mention just 
using ordinary phones!  I suspect that a socket somewhere has been wired up 
with wires crossed.  Your X100P probably needs to go straight across the 
incoming line.

  Iain



--On Saturday, March 6, 2004 10:03 am +0000 Jon Lawrence 
<jon@lawrence.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> I've now managed to my basic voip setup working, but I have a problem
> with my  fxo cards.
> If I plug the cards into the pstn line whilst a normall phone is also
> plugged  in, the normal phone continually rings. I'm convinced that
this
> is a problem  with the wiring but I don't know what/why. The * box
works
> perfectly (with  the exception of the callerid) so long as I don't have
> another phone plugged  in. I can't just unplug all the other phones -
the
> sky box + alarm system  must remain plugged in.
> I can still ring out on the other phones and also on the * box, but the
> constant ringing is obviously a problem :)
>
> Is this normal ?
> Has anyone else seen this ?
> fyi I'm based in the UK.
>
> TIA
> Jon Lawrence
>
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