A small question, and I might missed it, but who supply you with the line ? HOT, Bezeq ........?
On Dec 26, 2007 6:56 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 06:15:29PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > I thought that perhaps this problem will go away if I just upgrade to > > the latest Asterisk, but it did not. > > > > Zaptel 1.4.7.1 > > > > libpri 1.4.3 > > > > Asterisk 1.4.16.2 > > > > > > Zaptel.conf marks all FXO lines as "FXSKS". > > > > > > There are several problems, but I haven't had a chance to test them all > > since I upgraded, so I'll start with the one most burning. > > > > > > The problem is that when an incoming call hangs up, the FXO line does > > not get "disconnected". If the called arrived at a human, this is not a > > big deal. When the human (usually on a FXS line) hangs up, Asterisk also > > hangs up the FXO side. If the call gets routed to voice mail and the > > person leaves a message, this is also typically not so bad. The voice > > mail auto-terminates after five seconds of silence. One other issue, that I now remember, is that some end carrier such as cellular phones does not forword properly the signal, and you must result in turn off MOH, and make sure that you cuse zapata.conf to give you direct signal from your carrier switchbox. > > > > > > The real problem is if the person has hung up during the office wide > > greeting. In such a case, by the time the timeout kicks in and the > > phones in the office actually ring, anyone picking up gets to hear a > > "busy" signal. Worse, if no one is at the office, and the call gets > > redirected to voice mail, the voice mail is going to record the entire > > "busy" signal, until it turns into that reminder that the phone is off > > the hook (faster and louder), and only once the Bezeq system gives up > > and starts producing silence does the voicemail hang up and free the > > line. The result is a series of approx. 4:30 seconds messages in my > > voice mail. > > With analog lines, it is the phone (the FXO) that decides when the > circuit is connected. There are several ways for the PBX to hint you to > disconnect. This is called "disconnect supervision". > > Most Bezeq lines don't provide any disconnect supervision. Thus you'll > have to resort to busydetect - listening for a busy tone. And Asterisk's > busydetect works in quite strange ways. > > busydetect=yes I found it works better using HOT and Cellcom PRI, when configuring it. I do not have experience with it using FXO. > > > Is polarity reversal used anywhere in Israel? (Actually: it is simple to > test: enable debug loggin inAsterisk - in logger.conf, 'core set debug > 5', and look at the messages you get when a call comes in. See if you > see a message about "polarity"). > > > > > > > If anyone has any idea how to solve this problem, it would be much > > appreciated. > > > > > > The other two problems (unconfirmed with latest versions) are: > > > > 1. Asterisk does not receive the caller ID from Bezeq. > > This is usually because the line doesn't have caller ID enabled. Check > that with a caller-ID-enabled phone. Another issue is the format, and what is the ID you are trying. For example if your number is 03-1234567 and you try to post identify it as 03-1234569, then your carrier will either hide your CID, or will force the CID. On HOT, you must request to turn on the CID,and as far as I remember it is off by default. > > > > > 2. I cannot define a call group for outgoing calls (Zap/g1). > > Incorrectly-configured zapata.conf? > > Could you please post it? > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is > http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best > ICQ# 16849754 | | friend > > ================================================================= Ido -- http://ik.homelinux.org/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
