See if you can setup a dial plan on your phones... that way when they collect enough digits they "press send" automatically.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Houser > Sent: 04 July 2006 16:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [asterisk-biz] General Asterisk Question > > > Hi, > > Please accept my apologies in advance. This question may > be more suited > to the user list, but I would have to believe people > deploying Asterisk > professionally have had to deal with this. I manage an IT > department in a > financial company and am trying to integrate Asterisk into it > beside an > Avaya switch. > > I started playing with AAH and tried a few other GUIs. > Currently I have > been happiest with the Pound Key build and doing everything > manually. I > miss some of the GUI but have found this the most flexible > for our needs. > > My question my be dumb but I just need to ask. I've got > past basic dial > plans and adding features. I currently have Asterisk > networked with our > Avaya S8300 via T1. I am struggling with H323 but should get > past it, (any > hints are welcome as I can't find much regarding Pound Key). > > My reason for writing is there is one item I would like to > improve upon > but it may be something SIP based and not possible to change. ??? > > The standard "accepted and expected" operation of a PBX, > (yes I'm an old > telecom guy), is for the PBX to collect digits and when it > has enough digits > to fit into a route it selects it and outpulses. From the > end user they > dial 9, dial tone is not broke as the 9 is just an access > code as the PBX is > waiting for digits, then upon the next digit dial tone is > broke digits are > collected and it dials out when the dialed number fits a > route. Due to the > route patterns if it fits in 7 digits the dial starts > immediately after the > 7th digit, you already know this... > > On Asterisk, to call out you dial and press send, (for example on my > Grandstream 2000s - I can't get my Avaya 46XX phones to stay > registered on > Asterisk). My users see this as "cell phone" operation and > somehow that > lowers their perceived value of Asterisk. I know, stupid, > but it is what it > is. Has anyone built a dial plan that emulates the original > PBX operation > at the deskset removing the need to push a send button at the phone? > > Thanks, in advance, for any feedback. > Jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
