[asterisk-users] Does Asterisk support DNIS?

C F shmaltz at gmail.com
Sat Feb 17 17:29:48 MST 2007


Just add a waitexten in the same context as the DNIS extensions are defined

On 2/17/07, David Ruggles <david at safedatausa.com> wrote:
> Yuan (and Matt),
>
> Thanks for the reply, I'm sorry I kind of vented, I just got very frustrated
> with trying to configure Asterisk for what (in a proprietary PBX) is
> normally one of the easiest parts of configuration.
>
> With a wink start T1 the DNIS digits are transmitted in-band. The Network
> goes off hook, the PBX winks (goes off hook for 200ms) and then the network
> sends DNIS (and ANI if used) as DTMF tones, after the PBX gets the tones it
> answers the call (goes off hook). So you would tell the PBX to look for x
> number of digits and then after getting that number of digits it will answer
> the call. I have the Sangoma A101 configured for wink start, but I can't
> find anything that says how to specify the number DNIS digits to expect. If
> the PBX answers the call instead of just winking, the DTMF tones will be
> transmitted during the call which is what seems to be happening here.
>
> For more specific information a good overview of the wink start process can
> be found here:
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk652/tk653/technologies_tech_note09186a0080
> 1123bb.shtml#topic2a
>
>
> Can anyone tell me how to configure Asterisk to pickup the DNIS digits off a
> wink start T1?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Ruggles
> CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+
> Network Engineer	Safe Data, Inc.
> (910) 285-7200	david at safedatausa.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Yuan LIU
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 5:57 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Does Asterisk support DNIS?
>
> Matt already replied to your other posting of similar content.  I'm also a
> bit confused.  Do you mean you have observed that Asterisk is brought into
> the intended context, but start to react to digits in DNIS one after
> another?  If so, can you estimate the interval Asterisk stays in each
> extension?
>
> If this is true, it seems to suggest that your provider is sending DNIS as a
>
> DTMF string after Asterisk has answered the call.  Isn't this a bit weird?
> What does the card's manual say about DNIS (with wink start)?
>
> Yuan Liu
>
>
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