On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 13:51 -0400, Mossman, Paul (Paul) wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The only special behaviour of Emergency rules is that they trigger an
> Alarm.
> 
> I propose that this type be removed and replaced with an "Emergency"
> boolean property on the basic dial rule type.  "Emergency" can only be
> enabled on rules with a Gateway (routing rules), and only when there
> are no required permissions.

Why do you assume that emergency rules are always to a gateway?

I can't set up an internal emergency number that calls corporate
security?

> An 'Emergency dialing wizard' should by default create two rules:
> 
> 1. A routing rule, with "Emergency" enabled.  e.g. "911".
> 
> 2. A transformation rule for stripping the Local PSTN Prefix.  e.g.
> "9911" -> "911".  The Local PSTN Prefix should be prompted for, but
> should default to the value used in a 'Local dialing wizard'.  The
> Local PSTN Prefix should be optional, and if not provided will simply
> result in no transformation rule.

Why treat any part of the dial string specially?  Allow any number of
strings to be mapped using a normal rule construction, and just add the
'emergency' bit you suggest.  It should prevent any permissions from
being needed and trigger the notification.


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