Re: Asterisk forward call

[Dale Noll <dnoll@xxxxxxxxx>]

How about adding in a time check so that during certain hours Asterisk 
waits 8 seconds before answering, otherwise it answers right away.
You could also setup a status variable within the AstDB to indicate 
immediate answer or delayed answer.

Just some thoughts.

Dale

On 05/15/2012 05:40 PM, motty.cruz wrote:
> Thanks John,
> I was trying to find a way to work around the partial ring. Ignoring is what
> I'm doing now wait(8) seconds but when the number not being forward that
> means there is a delay of 8seconds before phones start ringing.
>
> Thanks,
> motty
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Novack
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:34 PM
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> Subject: Re:  Asterisk forward call
>
> Call forwarding ALWAYS sends a partial ring to the line. This is by design
> from ESS 1 days, and serves to remind the party that the line is forwarded.
> Asterisk certainly can be configured to ignore the first ring in any number
> of ways.
>
> John Novack
>
> Guy Gold wrote:
> > On Tue,May 15 02:00:PM, motty.cruz wrote:
> >
> > > Hello All,
> > > My Asterisk server is working fine except that at night I forward my
> > > number to another phone number, however my asterisk server still
> > > rings once before call is forward. My Local Phone provider is ATT and
> > > they said that there is not way around it, I'm always going to get a
> partical ring.
> > > Any suggestions how to stop the Asterisk from rining once before
> > > forward to another number?
> > Hi Motty,
> > I'm assuming that you're forwarding calls unconditionally, yes ?
> >
> > I haven't tested it for a while, but, I'm pretty sure that if your PBX
> > is not told to ring a device before forwarding the call, it should not
> > do so.
> > I do recall having worked in  a non-PBX office , and when we performed
> > CFWD, the local phone would ring once and then get forwarded, but,
> > that's because the local phone never took control of the call coming
> > from the carrier. In your case , the PBX can take over the call, never
> > produce a ring , and then dial the CFWD number. I guess a trace of
> > this instance can be useful .
> >
> >
> > Guy Gold
> >
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