> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Rodan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'll ask a stupid question, how does a user hit an alpha > letter from his touchtone? > > I know that the Cisco 7960's support entering alpha letters, > and it could > potentially do it (maybe), but how does the average end user > enter an a b c or d from their touchtone phone? They don't. Most phones lack the fourth column that has those keys. Some PBX phones have it, though, and it's common on 2-way radios that include DTMF keypads. (Believe it or not, before the advent of cell phones some businesses provided a "phone patch" interface to allow making phone calls from their 2-way radios. This is still quite common in the railroad industry, AFAIK.) In my case, I need it because it's how my PBX does disconnect notification to the voice mail system. When the line is hung up, it sends a "D". I expect these digits are very rarely used, which is probably why no one thought to document that Background() ignores them. _______________________________________________ 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
