asterisk users - Oct 2006 - Outbound FXO call, getting "You must first dial..."

I am not sure what I might be set up wrong, but dialing out with my Zap/1 
port seems to alwyas get the "You must first dial a 1 when calling this 
number" message from what sounds like the actual PSTN. My zapatel.conf and 
extensions.conf bits below. Any advice? (I do receive inbound calls, and 
it does sound like I am getting the PSTN error. I do notice that when I 
get an inbound call, I have 5 secs of sevear static before it suddenly 
becomes clear.. could that be happening on the outboud as well munging the 
first few digits?)

    signalling=fxs_ks
    language=us
    context=inbound_qwest
    sendcalleridafter=2
    callerid=yes
    threewaycalling=yes
    transfer=yes
    cancallforward=yes
    callreturn=yes
    echocancel=yes
    echocancelwhenbridged=yes
    rxgain=0.0
    txgain=0.0
    group=1
    channel=>1

exten => _9.,1,Dial(Zap/1/${EXTEN:1},60)



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Nick Ellson
CCDA, CCNP, CCSP, CCAI,
MCSE 2000, Security+, Network+
Network Hobbyist, VFR Private Pilot.

Nick Ellson wrote:
> 
> I am not sure what I might be set up wrong, but dialing out with my 
> Zap/1 port seems to alwyas get the "You must first dial a 1 when
calling
> this number" message from what sounds like the actual PSTN. My 
> zapatel.conf and extensions.conf bits below. Any advice? (I do receive 
> inbound calls, and it does sound like I am getting the PSTN error. I do 
> notice that when I get an inbound call, I have 5 secs of sevear static 
> before it suddenly becomes clear.. could that be happening on the 
> outboud as well munging the first few digits?)
> 
>    signalling=fxs_ks
>    language=us
>    context=inbound_qwest
>    sendcalleridafter=2
>    callerid=yes
>    threewaycalling=yes
>    transfer=yes
>    cancallforward=yes
>    callreturn=yes
>    echocancel=yes
>    echocancelwhenbridged=yes
>    rxgain=0.0
>    txgain=0.0
>    group=1
>    channel=>1
> 
> exten => _9.,1,Dial(Zap/1/${EXTEN:1},60)
You should probably do a little research before posting questions like 
this as its been answered many many time.

The problem is that "some" pstn central offices are not ready to
receive
dtmf digits as quickly as what asterisk sends them. So, an option "w" 
has been added to the Dial command to instruct asterisk to wait about 
200 milliseconds before sending dtmf. Try something like this:
  exten => _9.,1,Dial(Zap/1/w${EXTEN:1},60)
and notice that lower-case "w" in the string. If that doesn't fix
the
problem, try two "ww"'s in a row.