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

[Trevor Hammonds]

From: Tzafrir Cohen
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 12:41 AM

>On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 12:30:07AM -0700, Trevor Hammonds wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Errr.. missed that. Isn't that exactly what app_directory exdxpects,
>anyway?

Yup!   

I believe the original poster was just pointing out that you CAN use a
BlackBerry if you know how to send the digits (Alt+letter).

-- Trevor