[asterisk-users] Interact with IVR

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Yuan LIU wrote:
>> From: Leo Ann Boon <leo at datvoiz.com>
>>
>> Yuan LIU wrote:
>>> I remember a thread similar to this a while ago but couldn't find.  
>>> How do I make Asterisk to interact with an IVR? (Nothing fancy, just 
>>> plain predictable voice menus like a conference bridge.)  I get stuck 
>>> at Dial(), which seems to wait for hangup after the other end picks up.
>>>
>> You can send dtmf to the IVR with the D option in the dial command. 
>> show application dial on the console will show you the syntax.
>>
>> Leo
> 
> Thanks for the reply, Leo.  D can do a maximum of one DTMF string.  What 
> next? (At least two levels for calling card and conference bridges, more 
> for other things.)  If people are using Asterisk as test equipment, 
> there must be a way to conduct a "dialogue" with an IVR?

Use "w" in the D() string to wait for .5 second.  Use multiple w's to 
wait longer.