[Asterisk-Users] Monitored outbound dialing via Zap interface?

[Adam Goryachev]

On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 07:52, Kris Boutilier wrote:
>  I'm using a T100p to interface to a channel bank and from there to analog
> PSTN lines. Because of my particular setup I have to do post-connect inband
> DTMF dialing - which takes up to 5 seconds for a 10 digit number, assuming
> 0.5/sec per digit (ie. using "zap/g1/31|5|D(6045551212)". Even with an
> 'outside transfer' voice prompt before commencing dialing my users are
> getting confused by the silence before connect.
> 
>  I'd like to be able to have 'monitored dialing' whereby they can hear the
> dialtone, digits and so on. Essentially bridge-before-connect, but with one

Have you considered adding the r option to the Dial command, so they
might hear ringing instead of silence? (I'm not sure they will hear
ringing yet, but you might try it).

Even if that works, it might then confuse people when they hear it
ringing, followed by busy....

Regards,
Adam