asterisk users - Apr 2005 - Using Asterisk to dial a number and then wait to dial the extension

Hi,

I did some searching and haven't found a solution to my problem.  But 
right now we are performing a transition from an old system to a new 
system using asterisk and only a few people are on the new system and 
testing it out.  Anyways, I was wondering if it is possible to dial a 
phone number with asterisk, and then after that callee picks up to dial 
an extension?

In one forum message I found that you could use 'w' in the dial string 
to act as a half second wait.  I tried doing:
exten => 109,1,Dial(ZAP/g1/6525798wwwwww109)
This would dial the other phone system, but would not wait 3 seconds til 
the other system answered and then dial the extension.

I also tried using:
exten => 109,1,Dial(ZAP/g1/6525798|D(109))
But this did the same thing as the above.

Is there another way to dial a number then on the same channel send 3 
more digits after the other party answers?  Thanks.

Andrew Elchuk <aelchuk@cronustech.com> wrote:
> 
> I did some searching and haven't found a solution to my problem.  But 
> right now we are performing a transition from an old system to a new 
> system using asterisk and only a few people are on the new system and 
> testing it out.  Anyways, I was wondering if it is possible to dial a 
> phone number with asterisk, and then after that callee picks up to dial 
> an extension?
> 
> In one forum message I found that you could use 'w' in the dial
string
> to act as a half second wait.  I tried doing:
> exten => 109,1,Dial(ZAP/g1/6525798wwwwww109)
> This would dial the other phone system, but would not wait 3 seconds til 
> the other system answered and then dial the extension.
> 
> I also tried using:
> exten => 109,1,Dial(ZAP/g1/6525798|D(109))
> But this did the same thing as the above.
> 
> Is there another way to dial a number then on the same channel send 3 
> more digits after the other party answers?  Thanks.
The D() option is the "correct" way to do it, but only works if your
Zap interface can tell when the remote party answers. Typically, digital
lines (ISDN, T1, E1) can tell, but analogue lines can't.

Cheers
Tony
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