With regard to your question about adding a 9 to get the dial from the call list to work. We sis this in the dialplan by catching 10 digit numbers and adding the nine. However we have since moved away from needing the 9. I originally put it there to be consitent with our previous pbx.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/31/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jonathan k. Creasy</b> <<a href="mailto:jonathan@bluegrass.net">jonathan@bluegrass.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Dumb question here: Why the
need to dial 9 for an outside line? If your extensions are less than 7 digits
long then you know anything "XXXXXXX." is an outside call....</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Maybe this isn't true everywhere, just
curious. </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">-Jonathan</font></div></div>
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<p><font size="2">I was expecting a more elegant answer to the "9 to dial out"
problem with<br>the Polycom 501. Sure I can change my dialplan, but that means I
have to<br>adapt my dialplan to the phone, while the opposite seems like the way
to go.<br><br><br>Thanks for the answer,<br><br>Mike<br><br>-----Original
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On Behalf Of Jerry Jones<br>Sent: August 30, 2006 6:03 PM<br>To: Asterisk Users
Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<br>Subject: Re: [asterisk-users]
Polycom 501 config questions<br><br><br>On Aug 30, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Mike
wrote:<br><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I have a few questions on the Polycom
501. I am using latest<br>> firmware.<br>><br>> 1) When I press
the "Call List" button (on the left row of buttons), I<br>> get the call
lists (as expected). When I press the "Directory"<br>> button, I get
the choice between Directory and Call lists. How can I<br>> make this
button go to Directory immediately?<br>><br>> 2) I have 2 extensions on my
501. (let's say 101 and 102). <br>> Because of my dialplan,
it actually matters which one I dial out with. <br>> When I pick a
contact out of the directory, it calls automatically<br>> using line
101. How can I make it call with 102?<br>Pick up 102, then select
contact<br>><br>> 3) In call lists, my numbers are listed as
<a href="snap://555-555-5555" id="dyn">555-555-5555</a>. Yet my <br>> asterisk dial plan requires me (by
design) to press 9 first. How <br>> can I make the phone put the 9
by itself?<br>It will not.<br><br>either add to your contact entries, or
alternatively have your dial <br>plan add 9 to any exten longer than say 3
digits<br><br>><br>> Thank you for any help you may give
me,<br>><br>> Mike<br>>
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