# \[solved\] Queue rings & beeps busy CSR's, "ringinuse=no"

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-queue-rings-beeps-busy-csrs-ringinuse-no/33576>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [December 15, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-queue-rings-beeps-busy-csrs-ringinuse-no/33576 "2010-12-15T23:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![cuban\_cigar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cuban\_cigar](https://community.asterisk.org/u/cuban_cigar)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-queue-rings-beeps-busy-csrs-ringinuse-no/33576/1 "2010-12-15T23:28:21Z")

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solution:

need this now in the sip.conf entry  
defaultuser=

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The goal is to get “ringinuse=no” working as stated in the documentation.

tripwires:  
“servicelevel” was one setting that exacerbates the situation, but eliminating it does not solve the problem.

hacky workaround with side effects  
call-limit=1

works, but breaks call hold, a vital feature

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servicelevel=90

a feature designed to beep agents who are currently on a call, when other are waiting. It might be unexpected, or disliked by a group of queue agents.

also:

call-limit needs to have a definition according to various reports

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One system had it’s sip.conf erased by mistake and replaced. This apparently caused the queues to misbehave.  
( totally incorrect observations by one user )

An agent is on a call, and new incoming queue calls now initiate a beeping sound that the agent hears.

Nothing was changed in the queues.conf, and I made sure that:

ringinuse=no

also in sip.conf:

type=friend  
canreinvite=yes  
qualify=yes

Are there any other settings that could be causing this error? There should not be any reason that agents are hearing a beep.

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**Author:** ![mazzic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/mazzic/32/448_2.png) [@mazzic](https://community.asterisk.org/u/mazzic)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-queue-rings-beeps-busy-csrs-ringinuse-no/33576/2 "2010-12-16T05:43:01Z")

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did you add the call-limit= to the sip entries?

Without it, I believe the devices status will not be tracked and so the queue will not know the device is on a call.

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**Author:** ![cuban\_cigar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cuban\_cigar](https://community.asterisk.org/u/cuban_cigar)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-queue-rings-beeps-busy-csrs-ringinuse-no/33576/3 "2010-12-16T20:59:10Z")

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thanks for the input, I changed it as you suggested,

also, another thing:

servicelevel=90

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**Author:** ![cuban\_cigar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cuban\_cigar](https://community.asterisk.org/u/cuban_cigar)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-queue-rings-beeps-busy-csrs-ringinuse-no/33576/4 "2011-03-15T19:02:44Z")

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bump, persistent issue

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**Author:** ![wheeliebin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/wheeliebin/32/349_2.png) [@wheeliebin](https://community.asterisk.org/u/wheeliebin)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-queue-rings-beeps-busy-csrs-ringinuse-no/33576/5 "2013-04-22T22:17:22Z")

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OrderlyQ have been working on this and similar problems:

Are your agents’ phones still ringing when they are already on a call?  
If so you might want to read this.

Following reports from several Asterisk users that they’re having  
problems with ringinuse=no not working when Local Channels are used to  
provide hot-desking support within the Asterisk Queue() function, we  
have developed a very easy fix for this that is now documented in our  
popular Asterisk Queues Tutorial.

You don’t need to do anything fancy with STATEINTERFACE to get this to  
work, and it also works with all Asterisk phone types, including SIP and  
DAHDI channels.

For further details please see:

[http://www.orderlyq.com/asteriskqueuesLocal.html#ringinuse](http://www.orderlyq.com/asteriskqueuesLocal.html#ringinuse)

So, if you’re struggling with this, perhaps as a result of abandoning  
the now-deprecated Agent Channel mechanism, you might want to take a look 😄