[asterisk-users] FX Dialing Odd

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

OPTIONS to the Dial line (at the end) are different the special digits 
in the number string.


Rob Schall wrote:
> Also, in the dial command.... the "w" says its for the *1 recording. Not
> waiting. Is the documentation wrong? What is the correct way to wait in
> the dial command?
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> John Novack wrote:
>>
>> Rob Schall wrote:
>>> Here's a possible bug, or more likely, I'm just missing something.
>>>
>>> We have a pots card in one of our asterisk boxes. Its a simple
>>> asterisk setup with one FXO/FXS card and basic static extensions
>>> file, etc. When we dial out over the pots line, 4 out of 5 times, it
>>> will work. However,every 4 or 5 times, we get an error back from the
>>> provider that says "The number you have dialed..... blah blah blah". 
>> Common defect in the Zaptel driver.
>> It does NOT listen for dial tone, so if you have not inserted a "w" or
>> three into the dial string, it will dial before the Central Office is
>> ready, and it may miss a digit, causing misdials.
>>
>> Curious that cheap modems years ago learned to listen for dial tone,
>> but  the Zaptel driver doesn't, and of course this is considered a
>> "feature request" rather than a bug, and no one seems to want to fix it.
>>
>> John Novack
>>
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