[asterisk-biz] General Asterisk Question

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>   On Asterisk, to call out you dial and press send, (for example on my
> Grandstream 2000s - I can't get my Avaya 46XX phones to stay registered on
> Asterisk).  My users see this as "cell phone" operation and somehow that
> lowers their perceived value of Asterisk.  I know, stupid, but it is what it
> is.  Has anyone built a dial plan that emulates the original PBX operation
> at the deskset removing the need to push a send button at the phone?

Do a search for digit map or dial plan for the phones you use, that will
allow the phone to recognize the digits as an extension. You might wish
to read some of the docs here : http://asteriskdocs.org or on the wiki
or on GS forums.