asterisk users - Jun 2003 - Dialing out through a Hardware PBX

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 surajee@infotechs.lk wrote:
> is there any possiblity that asterisk can make calls like that, ie, first
dialing 9, and then
> wait for the dial tone and then dialing the number?
> how do i pause between 9 and the telephone number, will comma ( , ) do the
job?
> for ex. will Dial(Zap/g3/9,0777701338|20|t) will work? or else pls let me
know a way to
Dial(Zap/g3/9w0777blah|20|t) etc, iirc

a "," will terminate that field according to the old dialplan syntax

 -wasim

<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hello All,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>our Asterisk pbx is sitting behind a
normal analog hardware pbx, we have to dial 9</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to take an outside call through the
hardware pbx, our fxo interface is also connected</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to one of the extensions of it. we can
make calls to internal hardware pbx extensions </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>by dialing through the fxo interface
using Dial function, for ex. Dial(Zap/g3/599|20|t) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but we also want make calls to outside
by first dialing 9, and then dialing the number.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>is there any possiblity that asterisk
can make calls like that, ie, first dialing 9, and then</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>wait for the dial tone and then dialing
the number?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>how do i pause between 9 and the
telephone number, will comma ( , )&nbsp;do the job?
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for ex. will
Dial(Zap/g3/9,0777701338|20|t) will work? or else pls let me know a way
to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>do that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanx
inadvance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Surajee</FONT></DIV><br>

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On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 surajee@infotechs.lk wrote:
> our Asterisk pbx is sitting behind a normal analog hardware pbx, we have
> to dial 9
> to take an outside call through the hardware pbx, our fxo interface is
> also connected
> to one of the extensions of it. we can make calls to internal hardware
> pbx extensions
> by dialing through the fxo interface using Dial function, for ex.
> Dial(Zap/g3/599|20|t)
> ?
> but we also want make calls to outside by first dialing 9, and then
> dialing the number.
> is there any possiblity that asterisk can make calls like that, ie, first
> dialing 9, and then
> wait for the dial tone and then dialing the number?
> how do i pause between 9 and the telephone number, will comma ( , )?do
> the job?
> for ex. will Dial(Zap/g3/9,0777701338|20|t) will work? or else pls let me
> know a way to
> do that.
I'd suggest something like

exten = _9.,1,Dial(Zap/g3/9|20|t)  ;dial "9" for outbound line
exten = _9.,2,Wait(1)              ;wait 1s for dialtone, PBX may take longer
exten = _9.,3,SendDTMF(${EXTEN:1}) ;send remaining digits as DTMF

If you have more than one (9...) case, you may want to use a macro.

Cheers,
	Siggi

I use to do this before we got phone company lines into our * system. I 
can't remember the exact syntax but it was something like:

Dial(Zap/g3/9ww0777701338|20|t)

where w stands for wait. You may need to add more than one w if it 
takes longer to get the dialtone. Attach a high impedance monitor to 
the phone line you are dialing out on if you need to listen to call 
progress.

Don Pobanz

On Thursday, June 12, 2003 5:53 AM, wasim@convergence.com.pk 
[SMTP:wasim@convergence.com.pk] wrote:
> use Flash and SendDTMF to talk to dumb pbxs, Flash'll only work on 
ZAP
>
> channels though...
>
> 	exten => 0,1,Flash
> 	exten => 0,2,SendDTMF(2)
> 	exten => 0,3,Wait(1)
> 	exten => 0,4,SendDTMF(123123123)
> 	exten => 0,5,Hangup
>
>  -wasim
>
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Steven Critchfield wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 03:53, Siggi Langauf wrote:
> > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 surajee@infotechs.lk wrote:
> > >
> > > > our Asterisk pbx is sitting behind a normal analog hardware 
pbx,
> > > > we have
> > > > to dial 9
> > > > to take an outside call through the hardware pbx, our fxo
> > > > interface is
> > > > also connected
> > > > to one of the extensions of it. we can make calls to
internal
> > > > hardware
> > > > pbx extensions
> > > > by dialing through the fxo interface using Dial function,
for
> > > > ex.
> > > > Dial(Zap/g3/599|20|t)
> > > >
> > > > but we also want make calls to outside by first dialing 9,
and
> > > > then
> > > > dialing the number.
> > > > is there any possiblity that asterisk can make calls like
that,
> > > > ie, first
> > > > dialing 9, and then
> > > > wait for the dial tone and then dialing the number?
> > > > how do i pause between 9 and the telephone number, will
comma
> > > > ( , ) do
> > > > the job?
> > > > for ex. will Dial(Zap/g3/9,0777701338|20|t) will work? or
else
> > > > pls let me
> > > > know a way to
> > > > do that.
> > >
> > > I'd suggest something like
> > >
> > > exten = _9.,1,Dial(Zap/g3/9|20|t)  ;dial "9" for
outbound line
> > > exten = _9.,2,Wait(1)              ;wait 1s for dialtone, PBX may
> > > take longer
> > > exten = _9.,3,SendDTMF(${EXTEN:1}) ;send remaining digits as DTMF
> >
> > This won't work due to the fact that the dial won't return
till you
> > hangup. Remember dial will bridge the channels.