[Asterisk-Users] Newbie Question: Building an Asterisk systemtoreplace an old PBX but using existing phone

[Adam Goryachev]

> Jonathan k. Creasy wrote:
> > Yeah....I think that every install I have done the first thing that
> > happens is "why is there a delay before the call connects?" and the
> > answer is "you have to hit dial or wait 10 seconds". 
> 
> What all phones does that apply to? I'm fairly certain it applies to the
> 
> Polycom phones I've read about, but I'm not sure about others. I'm 
> obviously a newbie to the field as well (well, at least to the physical 
> phones).

Actually, I never need to press send when dialling numbers from my
polycom phone... well, actually I do, but 99% of people wouldn't... I'll
explain:

My sip phone registers to different SIP servers (all asterisk), and each
server has it's own dialplan, ie, one is purely PSTN calls, and so there
is no leading digit for 'external calls', you just dial the number. One
is a PBX where you need to dial 9 to get an outside line, with 3 digit
extensions. Another is a PBX where you need to dial 0 to get an outside
line, with 4 digit extensions. Also, each PBX system has different
voicemail numbers to get to voicemailmain etc...

So, I don't press send when dialling through my own PBX, but I do if I
am dialling through one of the other systems, since their dialplans are
not catered for in my polycom.

BTW, it would be nice if there was a dialplan for each registration or
line, which would allow me to never press send for any of the systems I
register to :)

Regards,
Adam