[Asterisk-Users] delay on pri dialling when asterisk is spliced between E1-Pri and legacy pbx

[Maik Schmitt]

> one of our customers which wants a soft transfer between his old pbx to
> asterisk and sip. the setup is as follows:
>    telco <---pri---> asterisk <---pri---> legacy pbx
> everything is fine exept that when dialling from the legacy pbx it takes
> about 3 seconds before the asterisk start to dial.
> where does this delay come from?
> has it to do with 'overlapdial=yes'?

This is normal behaviour if you use '.' in your extensions.conf. Use '!' 
instead and Asterisk will start dialing immediately.

Maik Schmitt