i've already tried to change the indications.conf to the following: dial = 0/1500 but the dial tone still persists i am using the following workaround but obviously not a clean b'cos it just replace dial tone with some other tone. in zapata.conf context=spec immediate=yes signalling=fxo_ks channel=>2 ; TDM400p-1 in extensions.conf [spec] exten => s,1,Background(pbx-silence) exten => _XXXX,1,Dial(Zap/1/${EXTEN}) please help, patrick