[Asterisk-Users] dialplan question - how to dial an * extension to get an outbound dialtone?

[Justin Richards]

Nice!  that is exactly what I want!!  much cleaner than the
callthrough plan (that I found two minutes after i posted my question)
I was trying to use that is posted on voip-info.org

Thanks!!


On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:24:36 +0100 (CET), Peter Svensson
<psvasterisk at psv.nu> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Justin Richards wrote:
> 
> > I currently have a dialplan set up to let me dial a specific
> > extension, authenticate the user, then have * dial a hard
> > coded/programmed overseas number.  What I would like to do is set up
> > my dialplan to have an extension that offers up an outbound dialtone
> > allowing the authenticated user to dial their own number (be it
> > overseas, local etc).  Can someone point me in the right direction
> > with an example?  I'm assuming I need to use a variable but its not
> > clicking in my head yet how to actually read the incoming digits into
> > said variable. Thank you very much for your time!
> 
> Look at the application "DISA". It may be just what youa re looking for.
> 
> Peter
> 
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