asterisk users - Jun 2005 - Hangup detection on Panasonic KXTD816

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Hilton Williams wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a Digium TDM400 card with 4 FXO modules connected to the extension
ports on a Panasonic KXTD816.  I'm using Asterisk@Home v1.0, which has
Asterisk 1.07.
> 
> There's a problem that Asterisk doesn't detect when the line is
disconnected on the Panasonic.  The Panasonic doesn't provide polarity
reversal or current drop or anything like that to indicate hangup. It just plays
the dial tone again.
Correct.  When I have to interface with a PBX I use FXS ports on 
Asterisk connected to the FXO/CO ports of the PBX.  This seems to 
(mostly) work well, since PBXs tend to be MUCH better at figureing out 
that a line is disconnected than Asterisk is.

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