[asterisk-users] 9 becomes 99 ? And other strangeness

[Rich Adamson]

Brian Candler wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 09:00:57AM -0500, Rich Adamson wrote:
>>> [outbound]
>>> exten => _9.,1,Dial(Zap/4/${EXTEN:1})             <<<< NOTE HERE
>>> exten => _9.,2,Congestion()
>>> exten => _9.,102,Congestion()
>>>
>> Try replacing the first step above with:
>>  exten => _9.,1,Dial(Zap/4/w${EXTEN:1})
>>
>> Note the "w" in the above means wait for about a 1/4 second before 
>> sending the number to the central office.
>>
>> Some central offices are not ready to receive digits as quickly as 
>> asterisk sends them out.
> 
> Interesting feature, thank you, but I don't think that's the problem.
> 
> Notice that Asterisk's own log shows that it thinks the number called is
> 99XXXXX and therefore dials out to 9XXXXX, where in fact I only dialled
> 9XXXXX and so it should be dialling XXXXX.
> 
> Console:
> 
>     -- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/1-1'
>     -- Executing [9907974XXXXXX at internal:1] Dial("Zap/1-1","Zap/4/907974XXXXXX") in new stack
>     -- Called 4/907974XXXXXX
>     -- Zap/4-1 answered Zap/1-1
>     -- Native bridging Zap/1-1 and Zap/4-1
>     -- Hungup 'Zap/4-1'
>   == Spawn extension (internal, 9907974XXXXXX, 1) exited non-zero on 'Zap/1-1'
>     -- Hungup 'Zap/1-1'
> 
> If this were consistent I could use ${EXTEN:2} to strip off the two 9's, but
> it isn't.
> 

Try the above an see what the result is. If it does not address the 
problem, at least one item has been removed from the list of 
possibilities. ;)