Hi I fully support the Timeout parameter as this is a common practice in SIP based communication. I work a lot with Patton SmartNode Sip Gateways and in the configuration we have the following. context cs switch digit-collection timeout 3 routing-table called-e164 TEST1 route .T dest-interface IF_E1 route 00.% dest-interface IF_E2 On many SIP phones you also have the option to choose Timeout or *Early Dial *(484 response) You are not fully aware of your call routes in many Real life SIP applications. We all know that International numbering plans are no easy beasts. -- Are Casilla http://astartelecom.com - Independent VOIP Telecoms Broker. Asterisk Consultants http://astbill.com - Open Source Billing, Routing and Management software for Asterisk and VOIP AstBill DEMO: http://demo.astbill.com On 3/16/06, Kai Militzer <km@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Jacob, hello all, > > Jacob Tinning wrote: > > > We didn't like the timer-solution because we think its wrong to delay > all calls > > X seconds just because the SS7-asterisk doesn't know another Asterisk's > dialplan. > > Thats why I made it configurable, so that it can be turned off, when not > needed. ;) > > > My suggestions is > > 1. Use identical dialplans on the SS7-gateway and the SIP server > > 2. Store the dialplan in a shared database. > > 3. I think it is (maybe) posible to 'share' the dialplan through IAX > (anybody ?) > > Your suggestions are reasonable if you know the dialplan. In my case it > can be possible that I will forward a number block to a customer. I have > not (and will not have) any knowledge of the length of the numbers the > customer uses, I only know the base of the block, neither does the > customer have to use an asterisk as termination. > > Example: > I have a block +49-241-9909888 [0-99999]. I forward this block to a > customer. This customer can add one to five digits to this block > depending on his needs and I will never have knowledge of how many > digits he uses. > > As you see, if you want use chan_ss7 as a multi-customer SS7-to-SIP > gateway with a national numbering plan without fixed length numbers (as > in the US) there is no way around a timer. It's sad but true. ;) > > >>And last but not least, I also had the problem that no ringback tones > >>were generated by asterisk. The following two lines in the dialplan > >>inserted before the Dial statement do the trick: > > > > > >>exten => _X.,n,SetLanguage(de) > >>exten => _X.,n,Playtones(ring) > > > > > > We actually tried this, but we had to insert a ,1,Answer before the > Playtones command. > > ...but the Answer before Playtones, breaks most telcos billing system, > > since a call is 'from the Answer to a hangup'. > > It works here without the answer as there is early-Media after receiving > an IAM. This works also with MOH instead of the ringback beeps, what can > be quite funny. > > Best regards, > Kai > > -- > Kai Militzer WESTEND GmbH | Internet-Business-Provider > Technik CISCO Systems Partner - Authorized Reseller > L?tticher Stra?e 10 Tel 0241/701333-14 > km@xxxxxxxxxxx D-52064 Aachen Fax 0241/911879 > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-ss7 mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-ss7 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-ss7/attachments/20060316/2260067e/attachment.htm