[asterisk-users] Direct dialing to correct extension from analog lines

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 04:55:39PM +0200, Lars Bensmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem with people that are calling from analog lines.
> 
> We have a block of numbers 12345 - 0 to -99. 

00 to 99, right?

> Most calls are transmitting
> the whole number including the extension. There's no problem with that.
> 
> But people calling from analog lines are connected to our asterisk box
> as soon as they finish dialing 12345. They don't get a chance to dial an
> extension.

That is what overlapdial is for, right?

But you need a unidirectional overlap dial?

> 
> Just inserting a WaitExten() does not help, as it does not get any
> additional digits. I guess I would have to Answer() the call first, but I
> really would like to avoid this as this might generate unnecessary costs
> for the caller.
> 
> I used 'bri debug span', but I don't see any information coming in after
> initiating the call to the base number.
> 
> I can set up an extension with the base number to dial a certain
> extension, but then the extension the caller wants to dial is lost. If I
> don't set up this extension the caller does not get through at all as
> asterisk rejects the call. I tried setting autofallthrought=no, but it
> didn't make a difference.
> 
> How do I tell asterisk to wait for the extension from the PSTN?
> 
> I'm using a Xorcom Astribank BRI 8-port with Asterisk
> 1.2.19-BRIstuffed-0.3.0-PRE-1y-e (from the Xorcom Debian repository).
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Lars

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