[asterisk-biz] General Asterisk Question

[Bill Merriam]

Jim Houser wrote:
> 
>   On Asterisk, to call out you dial and press send, (for example on my
> Grandstream 2000s - I can't get my Avaya 46XX phones to stay registered on
> Asterisk).  My users see this as "cell phone" operation and somehow that
> lowers their perceived value of Asterisk.  I know, stupid, but it is what it
> is.  Has anyone built a dial plan that emulates the original PBX operation
> at the deskset removing the need to push a send button at the phone?
> 

Jim,

I have those phones on Asterisk.  The send key is for the impatient.  If
you wait 3 seconds, it dials anyway.

Bill