asterisk users - Dec 2006 - Asterisk Sends 180-RINGING to UAeven withprogressinband=yes

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric "ManxPower" Wieling [mailto:eric@fnords.org]
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 5:11 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk Sends 180-RINGING to UAeven
> withprogressinband=yes
> 
> 
> Douglas Garstang wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Andrew,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I don't think it's a Polycom issue. We took Asterisk out of 
> the picture 
> > and had our Polycom phones communicate directly with an 
> Audiocodes PSTN 
> > gateway. Unlike Asterisk, the audiocodes do not send 180 
> Ringing before 
> > sending 183 Session Progress, and the polycom's play the 
> correct tones 
> > in this case.
> 
> Have you tried an Answer() before your Dial?  That should 
> FORCE inband 
> progress tones.  You'll have to have a 
> /etc/asterisk/indications.conf of 
> course.
No... but if we answer the call before dialling, isn't that going to cause a
whole world of billing hurt?

Doug

Douglas Garstang wrote:
> No... but if we answer the call before dialling, isn't that going to
cause a whole world of billing hurt?
You are only answering the call leg from the Polycom to Asterisk.  You 
are not answering the Asterisk -> PSTN leg (I assume that is the only 
leg you bill for)