asterisk users - Oct 2007 - Features.conf and passing DTMF to the other end

Hi folks,

We have a problem here where users are calling a remote PBX and need to
use # and * to navigate it. We were using the Tt options in Dial() so
that we could later perhaps take advantage of this feature.

Features.conf's sections are fully commented out, so I wasn't expecting
the options on Dial() (the T and t) to have any effects. Anyway... I
plan to turn off the dialing options, but I was wondering how other
people handle this?

Is there a way to say "yeah pass # through if it doesn't match
locally"
or better yet, when dialing a dtmf digit, to prefix it with something to
force asterisk to ignore it and pass it along?

Am I stuck with absolutely no features that depend on # or * if I want
users to use those digits on a remote PBX?

Thanks :)

Martin Smith, Systems Developer
martins at bebr.ufl.edu
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
University of Florida
(352) 392-0171 Ext. 221