asterisk users - Oct 2004 - Long distance provider with access number and auth code

I need to be able to dial a long distance provider that uses an access 
number and an auth code.  I would like to be able to program this so 
that the user can dial 8 and then the long distance number, asterisk 
will hopefully do everything in the middle.

The sequence to accessing the provider is on my traditional phone speed 
dial as:

* Dial local access number
* Wait 5 seconds
* Dial the auth code
* Dial the number

I am not quite sure how to accomplish this with the exten.

I would prefer to avoid using a speed dial on the individual phones if 
possible.  This particular service is dial quite often by a number of 
different people with different phones so simplicity is what I am 
after.  Not to mention saving me explaining the same thing a dozen times 
with a variation per phone used ;-) .

To head off the comments about other ways to get LD access, I have a 
specific application/need that has to be addressed.

-- 
Scott Henderson
=========================================Finite Technologies Incorporated
3763 Image Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99504
Phone: 907.337.2860, Fax: 907.333.4482
http://www.finite-tech.com
http://www.chillywall.com
http://www.virtuale.cc
http://www.mphage.com
==========================================

----- Original Message ----- 
> I need to be able to dial a long distance provider that uses an access
> number and an auth code.  I would like to be able to program this so
> that the user can dial 8 and then the long distance number, asterisk
> will hopefully do everything in the middle.
>
> The sequence to accessing the provider is on my traditional phone speed
> dial as:
>
> * Dial local access number
> * Wait 5 seconds
> * Dial the auth code
> * Dial the number
so you would build some context called [dialout-ld-auth]

with
exten => _81NXXXXXXXXX,1,StripMSD,1
exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,2,Dial,Zap/g1/BYEXTENSION
exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,3,Wait(5)
exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,4,SendDTMF(12345)            ;where 12345 is the auth
code

and in your normal telephone context do an include =>dialout-ld-auth and an
ignorepat =>8

this assumes that the auth code for all users is 12345 and is static.  if
this is not the case then the above will not work but would still be
possible.
> I am not quite sure how to accomplish this with the exten.
>
> I would prefer to avoid using a speed dial on the individual phones if
> possible.  This particular service is dial quite often by a number of
> different people with different phones so simplicity is what I am
> after.  Not to mention saving me explaining the same thing a dozen times
> with a variation per phone used ;-) .
>
> To head off the comments about other ways to get LD access, I have a
> specific application/need that has to be addressed.
Hope that helps.

Jason Kawakami
www.optellabs.com

So would the last step of the process noted below then be:

exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,5,SendDTMF(${EXTEN:0})

Or assuming I chose the correct variable EXTEN is it possible to append 
this to priority noted below.

Scott

Jason Kawakami wrote:
>----- Original Message ----- 
>  
>
>>I need to be able to dial a long distance provider that uses an access
>>number and an auth code.  I would like to be able to program this so
>>that the user can dial 8 and then the long distance number, asterisk
>>will hopefully do everything in the middle.
>>
>>The sequence to accessing the provider is on my traditional phone speed
>>dial as:
>>
>>* Dial local access number
>>* Wait 5 seconds
>>* Dial the auth code
>>* Dial the number
>>    
>>
>
>so you would build some context called [dialout-ld-auth]
>
>with
>exten => _81NXXXXXXXXX,1,StripMSD,1
>exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,2,Dial,Zap/g1/BYEXTENSION
>exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,3,Wait(5)
>exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,4,SendDTMF(12345)            ;where 12345 is the
auth
>code
>
>and in your normal telephone context do an include =>dialout-ld-auth and
an
>ignorepat =>8
>
>this assumes that the auth code for all users is 12345 and is static.  if
>this is not the case then the above will not work but would still be
>possible.
>
>  
>
>>I am not quite sure how to accomplish this with the exten.
>>
>>I would prefer to avoid using a speed dial on the individual phones if
>>possible.  This particular service is dial quite often by a number of
>>different people with different phones so simplicity is what I am
>>after.  Not to mention saving me explaining the same thing a dozen times
>>with a variation per phone used ;-) .
>>
>>To head off the comments about other ways to get LD access, I have a
>>specific application/need that has to be addressed.
>>    
>>
>
>Hope that helps.
>
>Jason Kawakami
>www.optellabs.com
>
>
>
>
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-- 
Scott Henderson
=========================================Finite Technologies Incorporated
3763 Image Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99504
Phone: 907.337.2860, Fax: 907.333.4482
http://www.finite-tech.com
http://www.chillywall.com
http://www.virtuale.cc
http://www.mphage.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
<snip>
>So would the last step of the process noted below then be:
>
> exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,5,SendDTMF(${EXTEN:0})
>
> Or assuming I chose the correct variable EXTEN is it possible to append
> this to priority noted below.
<snip>
> >exten => _81NXXXXXXXXX,1,StripMSD,1
> >exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,2,Dial,Zap/g1/BYEXTENSION
> >exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,3,Wait(5)
> >exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,4,SendDTMF(12345)            ;where 12345 is
the
auth
> >code
<snip>

you are actually sending the TN in priority 2 to the ZAP channel (I made an
assumption here).  so you need to send the auth code first then the TN?  if
so, then it would read

exten => _81NXXXXXXXXX,1,StripMSD,1
exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,2,Dial,Zap/g1/12345                 ;where 12345 is
the auth code
exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,3,Wait(5)
exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,4,SendDTMF(${EXTEN})

haven't seen it this way from a carrier before, I have always sent the
number on the trunk first and then authenticate once I get a tone prompt.

should work I think though.

Jason

----- Original Message ----- 
<snip>

You could probably build an AGI that would handle the dialing and deal with
sending the digits to the ZAP channel and once the call has been
authenticated, have the AGI transfer the call back to the originating
extension.  Looks like the SendDTMF and Wait commands don't actually
complete until after the call is hung up.  Watching the CLI might show that
once you hang up, 10 s later you will send the (auth-code) and then 10 s
later you send the ${EXTEN}, but maybe not.

As of right now, you will probably need to build an extension that calls an
AGI to do this.  Sorry for getting your hopes up.

Jason Kawakami
www.optellabs.com