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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Hello there,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>I think there is a
problem related to Asterisk&#8217;s Dial &#8216;r&#8217; option. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>When we use the &#8216;r&#8217;
option in the cmd Dial, Asterisk is supposed to generate its own rings until an
answer is received from the called party. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Unfortunately when I
make a SIP call to another PBX without using the &#8216;r&#8217; option (expecting
to hear the rings from the other PBX), I realize that Asterisk sometimes
generates its own rings as if the &#8216;r&#8217; option was still there
although it is not. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>When placing the exact
same call again with the same dial options (&#8216;r&#8217; option still
omitted) I hear a different ring coming from the called PBX this time (which is
what I need). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>What is that strange
behavior there? Is there something that I should do to hear the called PBX ring
all the time? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Nizar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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