Pete, I am also in the UK and I have added an include in my extensions.conf for the file listed bellow.
exten => _15X,1,Dial,${TRUNK}/BYEXTENSION exten => _147X,1,Dial,${TRUNK}/BYEXTENSION exten => _NXXXXX,1,Dial,${TRUNK}/BYEXTENSION exten => _01.,1,Dial,${TRUNK}/BYEXTENSION exten => _07.,1,Dial,${TRUNK}/BYEXTENSION exten => _08.,1,Dial,${TRUNK}/BYEXTENSION exten => _09.,1,goto(nogo,1) You dont need a 9 for a line, you couls also add lines for barred numbers Regards Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Hoppe Sent: 25 November 2004 13:34 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Billing (itemized) in the UK Thank you very much for the answer! I think it is a good path to look at. I have had a look through our paperwork for the present pbx, and I found one document that seemed to indicate we have to dial 1666<extn><dialled_number> to give the extn info to the telco. The paper is a bit old (1999) and since then we have changed our telco, but I guess that this protocol is still valid. This afternoon I will hook up a recording device on the line and see which digits are actually dialled when I dial an outside line. From the recording I should be able to reconstruct which digits have actually been dialled by the pbx. If the protocol is correct, I could construct a dial command such as exten => _9.,1,Dial(Zap/g1/1666<ID>${EXTEN:1}) or so - I would just need a way to construct <id> - and then any caller from an inside device would just prepend a '9' before the real number. I probably would also bar simple '9' dialling to get an outside line... lets see. Keep you posted, and so many thanks for all the help! P > Hi Peter > You need to first of all ask your Telco what mechanism it uses with your > current switch. The most likely ways are > > 1) Two stage dialling. 1xxx pause <PIN> <exten> <dialled number> > 2) access code 1xxx <exten> <dialled number> > > You need to get the specs for this from Your Communications. It is not > clear from the web site... > > Asterisk will cope perfectly with either solution - you will just need > to fiddle a bit with the dial plan. Once we know what you have to send > to the telco there are tons of people here who will advise on the Dial > command you should use to achieve what you want. > > Rgds > Tim Robinson > Ps. Any reason why you chose to stick with the analogue solution? Is > this just risk mitigation in the early stages? (this is a valid reason, > btw!) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Peter > Hoppe > Sent: 25 November 2004 10:54 > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Billing (itemized) in the UK > > > Hello! > > We are located in the UK, and we are planning to replace our old pbx > with an asterisk based pbx. For > outgoing calls our present pbx is connected to three PSTN lines which > all have the same number. > Internally, the pbx caters for quite a few extensions, and each > extension can make outbound phone calls. > > Our telecom provider (your communications) gives us monthly itemized > bills that list all of the > calls per extension, i.e. from the bill we are able to tell which > internal extension made what call > to which destination at which date/time, how long this call was in > minutes and how much that > particular call costs. > > We would like to reuse the three PSTN lines with the asterisk system, > and at present there are no > plans to utilize other connectiviy (such as ISDN) - we would like to > stick with the three PSTN lines. > > My understanding is that when the asterisk system is running we won't > get any itemized bills any > more since the telecom provider has no way of telling from which > extension a call originated. > > > Questions: > > To give the extension information to the telco... > > How can I configure Asterisk to do send extension information? > > What signalling do I have to provide for outgoing calls to give > extension information the telco? > > Is there a standard for sending extension numbers (i.e. do I have to > send some DTMF digits)? > > Is there a software / asterisk extension (that works in the UK) that > allows asterisk to send > extension info? > > Do I need to buy some equipment that can provide this info to the telco? > Which? > > Where could I find more information on that subject? > > > > Thank you very much for your consideration. _______________________________________________ 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