[Asterisk-Users] Grandstream Early Dial

[Nick Bachmann]

> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Aaron Martin wrote:
>
>> I have upgraded my grandstream phone from firmware 1.0.3.78 to
>> 10.0.4.30 and now I am having problems with early dial.  On the older
>> firmware earlydial worked fine with my asterisk server, but now as
>> soon  as I have dialed the number I get a congested tone, and the
>> number 4  flashes up on the LCD screen.
>>
>> Has anyone had this problem, and if so, how do I fix it?
>
> Early dial has never worked for me, and I just upgraded to the 1.0.4.30
>  load yesterday. Now, I am having DTMF recognition issues, making it
> impossible to check my voice mail.

Are you using SIP Info for DTMF?  It's the only thing that reliably works
with GS phones.
> Not sure what to do, but I'm hoping that my SNOM 200 IP Phone will
> yield  better results.

It almost certainly will.  (Some would say that two tin cans and a string
would work better than Grandstream phones, but I digress...)
Nick