[Asterisk-Users] delay before dial on TDM04B

[Samy Kamkar]

Jerry Geis wrote:

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>  Samy,
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> Thanks for the suggestion - however I am confused on the wiki the
> 'w' stands for:
>
> *w*: Allow the /called/ user to start recording after pressing *1 or 
> what defined in features.conf (Asterisk > v1.0.x)
>
> This is not a delay of any kind.
>
> Jerry
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>  [Asterisk-Users] delay before dial on TDM04B
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> *Samy Kamkar* samy at fonality.com 
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> Jerry Geis wrote:
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>> / I am searching for a way to add a 2 second delay before calling out 
>
> />/ with Dial().
> />/ Sometimes I get the message "you must first dial a 1 to place this 
> call".
> />/ I presume the phone company is missing the first digit pulsed out 
> />/ sometimes.
> />/
> />/ How do I put a 2 second delay after coming offhook and before 
> dialing />/ the digits?
> />/
> />/ Thanks,
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> />/ jerry
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> You can prepend a 'w' for a half-second wait which will resolve this 
> problem.
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> e.g., Zap/1/w19007529269
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Hi Jerry,

Check out: 
http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+Zap+channels

Note this line on the page:
/phonenumber/, if present, specifies which telephone number you wish to 
be connected with. Note that this makes sense only when you are dialing 
a telephone line (an FXO or PRI interface), not an internal extension. 
Within the phone number, you may use the special modifier *w* to 
indicate a half-second pause. You might want to use this to wait for a 
dialtone or for a pause while dialing digits. You may also use the 
special modifier *c* to allow for clear channel connections between PRI 
ports.

w = half-a-second wait

So, Zap/1/wwww13105551212 would be a 2 second wait. However, I've dealt 
with a lot of phone providers and none have ever required more than a 
single half-a-second wait for them to begin detecting the DTMF tones, so 
you should be good with one 'w'.

-samy