[Asterisk-Users] Help with Dial Plan

[steve at daviesfam.org]

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Dave Morrow wrote:

> Hi all. So far this list is proving it's worth, even on my first day
> using it!  I hope that someone might know an easy solution to this one.  
> I would like to create a dial plan which will allow me to have all
> extensions 6XXX cause a dial-out of my T1 interface (TE110P) to a local
> number, wait for an answer, wait 2 seconds and then enter the extension.
> Can I do this in a dial plan somehow? This will allow me to
> pseudo-integrate a legacy telephone switch (whose extensions are all
> 6XXX) to my Asterisk system for direct extension dialing.

exten => _6XXX,1,Dial(Zap/gX/1234567890,60,D(,,,,,,${EXTEN}))

where:
gX needs to become the group of the channels of your T1,
1234567890 is the number of your legacy system.
60 is the dial timeout

You may need to adjust the number of commas to get the right delay.

Hope that helps,
Steve