[Asterisk-Users] Menu Tree Delay

[Kerry Garrison]

Ok that's a big DUH on my part. And since most people like to have 1xx or
2xx for extensions, this is going to be a continuing problem. If you have a
large menu, you are going to quickly run out of digits. Otherwise, is there
some trick I can use to move between contexts to avoid this problem?
-Kerry
 

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Don Pobanz
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:01 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Menu Tree Delay

Kerry Garrison wrote:
> I have a fairly simple menu structure, three options branch to submenus.
> There is a long (several seconds) delay between pressing a key and 
> getting the next menu. This happens on 2 out of 3 of my menus for no 
> apparent reason. I am kind of at a loss as to what to look at. Any 
> suggestions would be appreciated.
> 

The problem is that asterisk does not know if it needs to wait for
additional digits so is waiting for a timeout. When someone dials 3, are
they done or could they also dial 30 or 301?

The way to get rid of this wait is to make sure any other numbers in this
context begin with a different digit.

Only have
1 <option 1>
2 <option 2>
3 <option 3>

and not additional lines like
301  <extension 301>

Extensions in the same context would begin with a 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Don Pobanz
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