[asterisk-users] Inserting a wait in a sip dial

[Johann Steinwendtner]

Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> David Gibbons wrote:
>> <snip>
>> This doesn't work?
>> Dial(SIP/*31#ww061234123412)
>> </snip>
>>
>> When I was browsing the sip debugs, it seemed that the 'w' was not being honored for one reason or another. My thought at the time was maybe it didn't work at all over SIP.
>>
>> Does the w *just* work with dahdi or does it work over sip as well (assuming the provider honors it)?
> 
> 'w' is really only supported on channels where digit-by-digit dialing is
> the  norm, which generally means analog trunks (or digital trunks using
> CAS signaling).
> 
hmm, I use 'w' on ISDN channels (libpri) to signal sending complete, like Dial(DAHDI/g1/0123456w).
But I did not know that 'w' means actually 'wait'.

Regards

Hans