[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk, X-Lite, and * and # keys

[Stanley Cline]

Has anyone else had issues with Asterisk rejecting calls from X-Lite
softphones when the dialed number contains the * or # keys (e.g., dial #86 on
X-Lite "keypad" and then press "send", and Asterisk rejects the call with a
404 error)?

It turns out that X-Lite isn't sending the actual * and # characters, but is
converting them to hex, and Asterisk doesn't like it:

(X-Lite build 1103m, doesn't work)
From: Cline W S Jr <sip:112 at pbx.dnw.roamer1.net>;tag=528200022
To: <sip:%2386 at pbx.dnw.roamer1.net>
         ^^^
(Sipura SPA-2000 w/ firmware 2.0.10(e), works)
From: Cline W S Jr <sip:111 at pbx.dnw.roamer1.net>;tag=a7b8c513a0ee55aco0
To: <sip:#86 at pbx.dnw.roamer1.net>
         ^
(I'm running the most current stable build of Asterisk, obtained via CVS a few
days ago.)

Any suggestions on what to do here, short of not using the * and # keys in my
dial plan?  ;)

Thanks,
-SC
-- 
Stanley Cline -- sc1 at roamer1 dot org -- http://www.roamer1.org/
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