asterisk users - Nov 2003 - Picking a channel (FXO port or SIP) for outb ound calls

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Kohlsmith [mailto:akohlsmith-asterisk@benshaw.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 November, 2003 08:56
> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Picking a channel (FXO port or SIP) for
outbound calls
> 
> 
> > Yep, we use it for international calling.  Works great:
> > exten => _9011.,1,Dial(Zap/g0/${EXTEN:1},,t)
> 
> How are you achieving that?  If I am on a regular FXS connected phone that
> line would match 90115, thus preventing me from getting the rest of the 
> phone number (620508132).
> 
> Now if dialing from a SIP or IAX phone, it's no problem since the
entire
> number is sent at once.
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew
This works fine for me on my analog phones using a Digium FXS.  I believe
that '.' will match any remaining part of the string.  I don't
believe it
matches like a regular expression would (any single character).

--
Tony Kava
Network Administrator
Pottawattamie County, Iowa

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Kohlsmith [mailto:akohlsmith-asterisk@benshaw.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 November, 2003 08:56
> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Picking a channel (FXO port or SIP) for
outbound calls
> 
> 
> > Yep, we use it for international calling.  Works great: exten => 
> > _9011.,1,Dial(Zap/g0/${EXTEN:1},,t)
> 
> How are you achieving that?  If I am on a regular FXS connected phone 
> that
> line would match 90115, thus preventing me from getting the rest of the 
> phone number (620508132).
> 
> Now if dialing from a SIP or IAX phone, it's no problem since the 
> entire
> number is sent at once.
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew
I double-checked, and I do have a timeout on that.  My previous message may
have been mistaken.

--
Tony Kava
Network Administrator
Pottawattamie County, Iowa