asterisk users - Jan 2005 - How to set asterisk NOT to answer incoming lines?

How do I set asterisk not to answer incoming PSTN POTS calls? I want to
be able to use the line for outgoing calls only. 


-Thanks

Tim

Depending on what you have the context of this setup for in your
zapata.conf, don't have the following statement in that section of your
extensions.conf.

exten => s,1,Answer

or

whatever the CID of this FXO port is as in

exten => 4792739992,1,Answer

---
Kelly D Griffin
Network Engineer
Tantella Wireless
http://tantella.com
866.815.0717 Voice
479.464.8998 Fax


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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] How to set asterisk NOT to answer incoming lines?

How do I set asterisk not to answer incoming PSTN POTS calls? I want to
be able to use the line for outgoing calls only. 


-Thanks

Tim

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On January 13, 2005 10:31 am, Tim Lewis wrote:
> How do I set asterisk not to answer incoming PSTN POTS calls? I want to
> be able to use the line for outgoing calls only.
Put it in a context that lacks an Answer().

-A.

"Kelly Griffin" <kelly.griffin@tantella.com> wrote: 
> Depending on what you have the context of this setup for in your
> zapata.conf, don't have the following statement in that 
> section of your
> extensions.conf.
> 
> exten => s,1,Answer
> 
> or
> 
> whatever the CID of this FXO port is as in
> 
> exten => 4792739992,1,Answer
In reply to Tim Lewis:
> How do I set asterisk not to answer incoming PSTN POTS calls? 
> I want to
> be able to use the line for outgoing calls only. 

I don't think Kelly's response is correct, at least for TDM FXO boards.
I could not find a way of preventing the FXO board grabbing the line
when it rang, and subsequent enquiries on this list at the time
suggested that it wasn't actually possible - which is a pity, as it
means it is impossible to piggy back Asterisk on a POTS line with other
auto-answering equipment (e.g. data collection terminals).

Patrick

> How do I set asterisk not to answer incoming PSTN POTS calls? I want to
> be able to use the line for outgoing calls only.
In the conext calls come in on, send them to a do-nothing extension

[incoming-PSTN]
exten => Goto(do-nothing,s,1) 

[do-nothing]
exten => s,1,AbsoluteTimeout(0)
exten => s,2,NoOp("doing nothing: call came if with flag set to
noanswer")
exten => s,3,Wait(70)
exten => t,1,Hangup

The reason for the extra context is so you can easily change the GoTo
to some test stuff someday. Otherwise, just use do-nothing as incoming
context.

I know this works because we used it in our business when the regular
phones were connected

but did you test this, and it worked for you? if you had a device
connected to that pots in front of * it would keep ringing?



On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:18:32 +0100, Wilson Pickett
<spamsucks2005@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How do I set asterisk not to answer incoming PSTN POTS calls? I want
to
> > be able to use the line for outgoing calls only.
> In the conext calls come in on, send them to a do-nothing extension
> 
> [incoming-PSTN]
> exten => Goto(do-nothing,s,1)
> 
> [do-nothing]
> exten => s,1,AbsoluteTimeout(0)
> exten => s,2,NoOp("doing nothing: call came if with flag set to
noanswer")
> exten => s,3,Wait(70)
> exten => t,1,Hangup
> 
> The reason for the extra context is so you can easily change the GoTo
> to some test stuff someday. Otherwise, just use do-nothing as incoming
> context.
> 
> I know this works because we used it in our business when the regular
> phones were connected
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What I did, and what worked is setting the context in zapata.conf to from-ata
In the extensions.conf I have defined the extensions I want to route with
asterisk, and I left our fax nr out.
When a fax comes in * simply tells me it is ignoring the call because  there is
no extension for the call.

[from-ata]
exten => ${LINE1},1,Dial(SIP/10,20,Ttr)
exten => ${LINE1},2,Dial(SIP/10&SIP/11&SIP/12,20,Ttr)
exten => ${LINE2},1,Dial(SIP/13,20,Ttr)
exten => ${LINE4},1,Goto,default|s|1

Works like a charm.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Michiel van Baak
Terrazur

> ----- Originele Bericht -----
> Van: Eric Wieling aka ManxPower
> Aan: C F , Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion 
> Datum: Friday, 14 January 2005, 05:05 
> Onderwerp: Re: [Asterisk-Users] How to set asterisk NOT to answer incoming
lines?
> 
> C F wrote:
> > I know that according to the docs you are right. Im just asking you
> > for a favor, if you have a digium TDM04B test this, and tell me the
> > result. When I tested it, it didnt work.
> 
> I let the call ring for 60 seconds. It was never answered.
> 
> fs-1*CLI>
> -- Starting simple switch on Zap/1-1
> -- Executing NoOp("Zap/1-1", "5042325606") in new stack
> -- Timeout on Zap/1-1
> 
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Thanks this finaly worked.


On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:49:45 +1300, Matt Riddell
<matt.riddell@sineapps.com> wrote:
> C F wrote:
> > Here is the CLI out put, first my config:
> > immediate=no
> > context = incoming
> > channel = 2-4
> > context = default
> > channel = 1
> > extensions.conf
> > [default]
> > include => internaldial
> 
> Remove the include line...people already told you that playback might
> answer the line (this includes playback(invalid)).
> 
> --
> Cheers,
> 
> Matt Riddell
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