[Asterisk-Users] generate dial tone

[Kevin Walsh]

Michael George [george at auroravideosys.com] wrote:
> I did take a quick look at it, but the header indicated that DISA
> allows incoming calls to dial back out.  I am just trying to emulate
> the feel of our current PBX which will just connect us to an outgoing
> line (with a dialtone) when we hit 9. (Though I don't want asterisk to
> mimic that behavior because I want to be judicious about which outgoing
> channels are used depending on the number dialed.)
> 
I've been reading your requirements as if you wanted an IVR system
and wanted incoming users to be able to select '9' to get a new dial
tone and dial out.

It just occurred to me that perhaps what you really want is for your
internal users to get a secondary dial tone (different than the primary)
when they press '9'. Cisco phones allow this as an option in their
dialplan.  I forget now, but it may be a comma after the '9'.  Other
clients may allow this too (I don't think the Sipura SPA-2000 does, btw).

I don't use that facility myself, as the secondary tone sounds terrible
on Cisco phones. :-)

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