Just to clarify the usage of the . wildcard in your dialplan. Here is the proper usage of this feature which seems to not be documented ANYWHERE very well.
[default] include => other exten => _712XXX,1,NoOp,Blah [other] exten => _7.,1,NoOp,somethingelse The extensions in the current context win over an include.. only if something doesn't specifically match in [default] but does as a wildcard as an include then it will work. Remember includes are your friend. bkw > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl Brose > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 1:50 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Wildcards and variable number of digits > > > The problem you are having is due to the way chan_phone was designed. > The distributed driver does not buffer the entire phone number dialed > and then send it on to the PBX, > like a SIP phone would, but instead scans the dial plan after every > digit is entered to look for a match. > The solution is to only use fixed length extension patterns, but at the > same time requires different dial plans > for the Phone/phoneX devices. I you're only dialing PSTN numbers it's > not so bad, but many VOIP providers > have all kinds of numbering plans. On the other hand, fixed patterns are > nice since you don't have to > press any "call" or "dial" buttons to make the call. > > I have a new chan_phone driver which solves this issue by buffering the > dial string until the user presses > the pound (#) key to send the phone number to the pbx. The features can > be toggled on/off any time by dialing > *1# or *0# or in the config file with a mode "buffered" which is > otherwise the same as "dialtone" > > > > > Eric Jacksch wrote: > > >Greetings, > > > >I'm having a miserable time getting Asterisk working with FWD. All the > >samples show something like... > > > > exten => _7., .... > > > >How do I get Asterisk to wait until the user is finished dialing instead > of > >trying as soon as it gets the second digit? > > > >I can use _7XXX, and dial the FWD 3-digit test numbers fine, but I'd like > to > >be able to dial others... > > > >Same problem for outside analog line...how do I convince Asterisk to send > >anything that starts with a "9" to it? > > > >If it makes a difference, I'm playing with some QuickNet cards to learn > the > >system...then I'll likely buy some other cards with higher capacity. > > > >Thanks, > >Eric > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
