It generally will send dtmf tones over the line. Get a test set/butt set and hook it up and listen to the line when the transfers occur.
Will asterisk support reading dtmf before the call is picked up? dave On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Steve Creel wrote: > We currently have a Merlin Legend system. The voicemail is falling apart > (with the transition to a 10 digit timestamp on Sept. 8, 2001, the system > locked up and refused to take calls; the official solution is to change > the system time back to a year with a matching calendar). We are in the > process of preparing the network infrastructure to support a VoIP system > with Asterisk, but won't be there for a few months. We'd like to go ahead > and replace the voicemail system with Asterisk now, and as we're ready, > drop the Merlin system. > > My questions: > > Right now, the voicemail system (and auto-attendant) are connected to the > switch by 4 analog lines. Logic says that these are FXS cards in the > switch, like any other extension. The switch handles an incoming call and > transfers it to the auto-attendant. How would such a call be identified > to be dropped in the appropriate context? > > When the phone switch fails to reach someone at an extension, it transfers > them to the voicemail system. How could these calls be identified as > different from an incoming call to the auto-attendant? How is the > appropriate mailbox or extension identified? > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Steve Creel [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Dave Weis "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment [EMAIL PROTECTED] of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."- James Madison _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
