> >>I am searching for a way to add a 2 second delay before calling out with > >>Dial(). > >>Sometimes I get the message "you must first dial a 1 to place this call". > >>I presume the phone company is missing the first digit pulsed out sometimes. > >>How do I put a 2 second delay after coming offhook and before dialing the > >>digits? > >> > >> > > > >Come on guy, did you do any research or reading at all? That question has > >been answered many many times in the last 60 days. > > > >Hint: insert a "w" in the dial string. Each "w" adds about 250 milliseconds > >of delay. Example: > > exten => _9XXXXXXX,1,Dial(Zap/4/w${EXTEN}) > > > Again, ONLY when dialing DTMF. There is no way to delay dialing pulse, > which, oh by the way, is still used in a number of places around the world! > > What is the correct amount of delay? > I have read 1 second, 1/2 second, now 1/4 second. Which is correct?
Don't know, but in most dtmf CO's, a single "w" is more then adequate. Once in a great while a second might be needed. The issue is that some CO's have to attach an internal "receiver" to accept the dtmf (or dialpulse), and some CO's are rather slow to do that. The slowness is very likely to vary by a small amount on each call, therefore inserting a couple of ww's really doesn't hurt. If you really need dial pulse, then open a bug on this as the "w" should be applied to dtmf and dialpulse equally. They are both exactly the same issue and should have been treated the same. But, I'm fairly certain the dialpulse logic was added to asterisk after the "w", therefore whoever did the dialpulse probably forgot all about that piece. Are you attaching asterisk to your x-y switch? If so, opening a bug is likely to be the only way to resolve the linefinder delay, or, dig through the "w" code and copy the process into the dialpulse code. Rich _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users