[asterisk-users] early dial: asterisk and ATA

[Vieri]

Hi,

I have a set of Grandstream GXW4008 (units of 8 FXS ATAs) and another set of Linksys SPA8000 (8 FXS ATAs).

The GXW4008 has a "neat feature" called "early dial" which allows me to define a "dial pattern" as generic as {*X+,#+,X+} (or something similar; the idea is to "match all digits") and send those digits >>immediately<< as they are pressed to Asterisk. As soon as * finds a match in extensions.conf then the call is made (or whatever).

This works great because users can dial "fast" and I don't have to worry about timeouts or having them press # at the end of their destination number to send out the digits.

I'm trying to do the same in the SPA8000 units but without any luck. If anyone is doing something similar with this device then I'd appreciate it if you could share your relevant config options (dial pattern, etc.).

Thanks!

Vieri