[Asterisk-Users] delay before dial on TDM04B

John Novack jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org
Mon Aug 29 11:51:21 MST 2005


Samy Kamkar wrote:

> Jerry Geis wrote:
>
>>  Samy,
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>  [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,
>> />/
>> />/ jerry
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>> You can prepend a 'w' for a half-second wait which will resolve this 
>> problem.
>>
>> e.g., Zap/1/w19007529269
>>
>>
> 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

Also be advised that "w" ONLY seems to work with DTMF.

For those who require pulse output, there is no way to delay the blind 
dialing. Any number of "w"'s are ignored, so misdialing  is probable if 
for any reason the Co isn't ready.

John Novack





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