[asterisk-users] Using the PBX Directory from a Blackberry

[Trevor Hammonds]

From: Tzafrir Cohen
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:47 PM

On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 09:02:05PM -0700, Trevor Hammonds wrote:

>> "Anyhow, on the Blackberry, when you hold down the Alt key and press the
>> alpha character, the device sends out the correct digit tone associated
with
>> that character, like on a regular phone keypad."
>
>Any chance of answering the OR?
>
>There is no DTMF tone associated with digits (over D). So they must be
>using something else. Any idea what?

The BlackBerry sends the DTMF of the number normally associated with the
letter as on a standard touch tone keypad.  (e.g. 2 for A, B, and C; 3 for
D, E, and F; etc.).  For the special case of Q and Z (not originally
assigned by Bell), 7 is sent for Q and 9 for Z.


Sincerely,
Trevor Hammonds