[Asterisk-Users] generate dial tone

[Michael George]

I did take a quick look at it, but the header indicated that DISA 
allows incoming calls to dial back out.  I am just trying to emulate 
the feel of our current PBX which will just connect us to an outgoing 
line (with a dialtone) when we hit 9. (Though I don't want asterisk to 
mimic that behavior because I want to be judicious about which outgoing 
channels are used depending on the number dialed.)

Am I mistaken on the use of DISA?

On May 28, 2004, at 7:11 AM, Kevin Walsh wrote:

> Michael George [george at auroravideosys.com] wrote:
>> I get the 9 and start PlayTones().
>> I go to the next context (with the tones playing).
>>
>> In the next context (tones still playing) my matches are all several
>> digits long, so the tone is playing as the digits are pressed.  That 
>> is
>> disorienting because that usually happens on a broken line.
>>
>> However, if you notice how Background() works, it will play the sound
>> file and still accept input.  Once it gets the first input key it will
>> stop playing and begin its matching.
>>
>> That is exactly the behavior I want.
>>
>> Now, I thought I could do playtones() and then match the just first
>> input number (0, 1, or N).  On 0, 1 or N (in separate extensions, of
>> course), I would stopplaytones() and then goto() the next context
>> (international, long distance, local -- respectively).
>>
>> The int and ld contexts are straightforward, but the new local context
>> needs to know which extension was dialed (the 'N') to complete the
>> calling.  I tried that yesterday and got frustrated at the resulting
>> complexity of trying to do such a simple and inconsequential thing.  I
>> figured that the cost outweighed the benefit and I need to get this
>> prototype going so that we can move into full launch.
>>
>> This dialtone issue needs to become a tier 2 or tier 3 feature.
>>
> Have you not looked at the DISA application (command) yet?  That seems
> to me to be a much better solution to your problem.
>
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-Michael