[Asterisk-Users] Help getting International Dialing setup in extensions.conf

[Kai Fürstenberg]

Hi,

Von L. wrote:
> I am having trouble setting up international dialing. I have an asterisk
> server connected to a PRI at our collocation. I have this setup in my
> extensions.conf file, yet I still cannot get connected to international
> calls.
> 
> [OUTBOUND]
> exten => _9011.,1,SetCIDNum(XXX-XXX-XXXX|a)
> exten => _9011.,2,SetCIDName("Some Company"|a)
> exten => _9011.,3,Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN:1},60)
> exten => _9011.,4,Playback(invalid)
> 
> When I called the support line at my collocation, they mentioned that I
> am not setting the call type correctly in the D channel, but I am not
> real familiar with PRI lines. Where does this need to be setup.
> 
> Also, I am not sure what this portion  "${EXTEN:1}"  means from my above
> extensions.conf file, is this the root cause?

It means that the first digit of your dialed extension will be cut off.
In other words:
A call to 9011something will be routed to 011something.


Kai