Please note that I forwarded this email from one account to annother. If there is a problem with the format please let me know and I will email direct. The example below is a working config on a friends machine Dovid http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+cmd+Dial On the cmd Dial page Search for "Dial Macros" [macro-(screen] exten => s,1,Wait(0.2) exten => s,2,Playback(mpd/cell-incoming-mpd) exten => s,3,Playback(mpd/${ARG1}) exten => s,4,Read(ACCEPT-CALL|mpd/cell-mpd-accept|1) exten => s,5,NoOp(${ACCEPT-CALL}) exten => s,6,GotoIf($["${ACCEPT-CALL}" = "1"] ?51:7) exten => s,7,SetVar(MACRO_RESULT=CONTINUE) exten => s,51,Noop("") [macro-stdmpdexten] exten => s,1,Wait(0.2) exten => s,2,Playback(pls-wait-connect-call) exten => s,3,Dial(${ARG2},20,mTt) ;Ring the interface, 20 seconds maximum exten => s,4,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1) ; Jump based on status (NOANSWER,BUSY,CHANUNAVAIL,CONGESTION,ANSWER) exten => s-NOANSWER,1,Dial(SIP/${DB(follow/cell)}@sipmedia3|60|mtM(screen^${ARG3})) exten => s-NOANSWER,2,Voicemail(u${ARG1}) ; If unavailable, send to voicemail w/ unavail announce exten => s-NOANSWER,3,Goto(default,s,1) ; If they press #, return to start exten => s-BUSY,1,Dial(SIP/${DB(follow/cell)}@sipmedia3|60|mtM(screen)) exten => s-BUSY,2,Voicemail(b${ARG1}) ; If busy, send to voicemail w/ busy announce exten => s-BUSY,3,Goto(default,s,1) ; If they press #, return to start exten => _s-.,1,Goto(s-NOANSWER,1) ; Treat anything else as no answer exten => a,1,VoicemailMain(${ARG1}); If they press *, send the user into VoicemailMain [mpdmain] ; ; Example "main menu" context with submenu ; exten => s,1,Answer exten => s,2,GotoIfTime(09:00-16:59|mon-fri|*|*?s,4) exten => s,3,Goto(office-night,s,1) exten => s,4,Background(mpd/welcome) ;"Thanks for calling press 1 for sales, 2 for support, ..." exten => s,5,WaitExten exten => 1,1,SetCallerID("Maint - ${CALLERIDNAME}" <${CALLERIDNUM:2}>) exten => 1,2,Macro(stdmpdexten,101,SIP/101&SIP/201,cell-mpd-maint) exten => 2,1,SetCallerID("Comp - ${CALLERIDNAME}" <${CALLERIDNUM:2}>) exten => 2,2,Macro(stdmpdexten,101,SIP/101&SIP/201,cell-mpd-comp) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com