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We've done a direct swap of an old Amanda voicemail system with a shiney new Asterisk system (Asterisk 1.0.9). The system consists of 4 FXO ports on the * box (TDM400P), and three old Wildcards we aren't using (too buggy we found). CO lines-> Toshiba -> FXO ports on * We want to branch out a little more and use it as an auto-attendant. The first problem seems to be an asterisk

...proprietary voicemail systems (and probably tie-lines, too) like to use DTMF tones instead of standard ground/loop/kewl whatever signaling. Our key system was programmed to use such DTMF tones instead of the usual analog signaling on those ports. (I think it was program 31 on our Toshiba DK40i) Asterisk of course ignored those, but the other systems used those for line signaling (including our previous 3rd party system). Amusingly, I know now why for years we kept hearing loud DTMF tones when our branch office picked up their phones. Their system, too, was configured to have tho...

We're having a problem with call screening with our existing legacy system (Toshiba DK40i) which the touch-tone buttons don't work when * calls extensions. At first I had set up a 'press 1 to accept' prompt, but it won't work if the DTMF buttons aren't functioning, of course. So, a thought: Is there a way for Asterisk to listen and hear something? It doesn'...