# Auto-answer a phone

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/auto-answer-a-phone/38982>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [April 21, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/auto-answer-a-phone/38982 "2012-04-21T23:19:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/original/2X/4/475d0c889911cfb84ac4881ad6df8b523e3f9105.png) [@system](https://community.asterisk.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/auto-answer-a-phone/38982/1 "2012-04-21T23:19:13Z")

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I have a Panasonic 5 handset phone connected to my asterisk server via SPA3102. Is it possible to configure the system such that it auto-answers when I dial an extension? I tried using the SipAddHeader with answer-after=0. However this did not work.

Thanks all for your time and effort.

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**Author:** ![david55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@david55](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david55)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/auto-answer-a-phone/38982/2 "2012-04-21T23:33:41Z")

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If the SPA3102 is an ATA and the Panasonic is a normal analogue phone, the answer is no.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/original/2X/4/475d0c889911cfb84ac4881ad6df8b523e3f9105.png) [@system](https://community.asterisk.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/auto-answer-a-phone/38982/3 "2012-04-22T01:09:06Z")

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Thanks david55 for your quick reply. That is exactly how my system is configured. So, I would need an SIP phone if I want to use that feature, is that correct?

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**Author:** ![omid.mohajerani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/omid.mohajerani/32/32_2.png) [@omid.mohajerani](https://community.asterisk.org/u/omid.mohajerani)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/auto-answer-a-phone/38982/4 "2012-04-22T05:05:41Z")

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yes , you need ip phone . you can search for paging and intercom + ip phone model to find out how you can configure asterisk and ip phones you want to buy .

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**Author:** ![david55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@david55](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david55)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/auto-answer-a-phone/38982/5 "2012-04-22T09:58:33Z")

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You will need a SIP phone that supports the feature. There doesn’t appear to be any RFC that defines Answer-After, so different brands may use different mechanisms.

Given the security implications of this feature, I would hope that all such phones would also require the phone to be configured to enable it, before it could be used.