[Asterisk-Users] Playing Dialtones

[Howard Lowndes]

In AU we have a number of different dialtones defined for various
purposes.

>From indications.conf:
au      <ringcadance>   400,200,400,2000
au      dial            413+438
au      busy            425/375,0/375
au      ring            413+438/400,0/200,413+438/400,0/2000
au      congestion      425/375,0/375,420/375,0/375
au      callwaiting     425/200,0/200,425/200,0/4400
au      dialrecall      413+438
au      record          !425/1000,!0/15000,425/360,0/15000
au      info            425/2500,0/500
au      std            
!525/100,!0/100,!525/100,!0/100,!525/100,!0/100,!525/100,!0/100,!525/100
au      facility        425
au      stutter         413+438/100,0/40
au      ringmobile      400+450/400,0/200,400+450/400,0/2000

With analogue handsets connected to a zapata interface the standard
dialtone in the off-hook condition is "dial", but if there is a message
waiting then the "stutter" dialtone is sent out when the handset goes
off hook.  These emulate behavour that occurs on the PSTN system.

With the PSTN service the "facility" dialtone is output if the user has
a facility set, such as call forward immediate.

I have a routine in my dialplan which allows the user to set up CFIM,
but what I want it for * to output the "facility" dialtone when the use
user picks up the handset for which a CFIM number is set.

Identifying that a CFIM number is set is not a problem in the dialplan,
but when I run * in verbose mode all I am seeing, when the handset is
lifted, is:
     -- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/2-1'

Does this mean that the context for that extension has started and that
if I put a Playtones command in as the first command in the context,
then I will get what I want to achieve, or do I need to tackle it from
some other direction?


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