[Asterisk-Users] Sending dtmf over an ougoing call from asterisk

[Steven Critchfield]

On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 09:50, Manoj K Gupta wrote:
> Hi list,
> I would like to know of a possible way to dial a  pstn number with an
> extension .
> Let the number is   56626965-234 so now i wanna dial 56636965 then
> wait for some time and dial the extension 234 to reach a particular
> person.I am afraid that i could not figure it out.
>  
> I am trying in this way..
>  
> [outgoing]
>  
> exten=>_566X.,1,wait,2
> exten=>_566X.,2,Dial(${EXTEN})
> exten=>_566X.,3,wait,4  //waiting for 4 secs before dialing the
> extension
> exten=>_566X,4,SendDTMF(234)
>  
> but this is not working as i find that when i dial the number then *
> does not move to next priority 3 until we hangup the dialled number.
> So i would be thankful if someone can correct me by providing an
> alternative or something else.

Dial doesn't return till the channel drops. If you are using an analog
channel, you can use a W for wait, but if it is digital, it seems that
you are SOL because the w and any trailing digits will get eaten up by
the PSTN as it routes the call. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>