[suebd]

Welll.... my DMTF is set to "Auto" (the other options are: InBand, AVT, and INFO), and my Codec is set to g711u.

What would you suggest I try for DMTF, or is it something that needs to be adjusted on the Asterisk side?

[steventheamusing]

Originally Posted by PhoneBoy

...
([2-79]11<:@gw0>|
xx.|
*xx.|
**xx.|
<#1,:>xx.<:@gw1>|
#9,:>xx.<:@gw0>|
<#9,:>*xx<:@gw0>)

This breaks down as follows:

* 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711, and 911 are routed out the PSTN Line (gw0).
* An arbitrary number of digits, which will be routed out the Line 1 VoIP Provider configuration;
* dial * then dial one or more digits (routed out Line 1 VoIP Provider);
* dial ** then dial one or more digits (routed out Line 1 VoIP Provider);
* dial #1 then dial one or more digits (routed out Gateway 1 Provider (gw1));
* dial #9 then dial one or more digits (routed out PSTN Line);
* Dial #9* then two digits (routed out PSTN Line, i.e. for star codes).

Hopefully I have correctly intepretted the above (color coded for clarity). I assume plans are interpretted left to right. For example:

(xx.|<88:5551212>| ...)

Would imply that the second pattern would never get hit - even if "88" is dialed because it is consumed by the first pattern.

Similarly if I want to block 900 and 976 numbers, I assume something like this would work:

(900x.!|976x.!|<1900x.:4087672676>| ....)

But only if it is at the beginning of the dialing plan.

Also, I'm curious if the trick <1900x.:4087672676> would actually work... that is subtitute any pattern starting with 1900 with the number for "time" in Santa Clara valley?

I'm going to set up my FXO line this weekend (when I get a chance)... so I'll probably be answering my own question here. Meanwhile thanks a zillion, PhoneBoy!

--Steven :roll:

[PhoneBoy]

You can always do 1900!, which would just reject 1900 calls altogether.

[steventheamusing]

Yeah, I figure 1900! would work, but I was just wondering about being sneaky. For maximum sneaky I'd probably actually do this:

(<1900xxxxxxx:4087672676>|<900xxxxxxx:4087672676>| <1976xxxxxxx:4087672676>|<976xxxxxxx:4087672676>|. .. [rest of dialing plan]

I've just completed my house rewiring so I'm all set to give it a shot.

[suebd]

Followup:

I solved my voicemail problem by doing two things:

Changing the DMTF setting to "InBand" (I just experimented to see which one would work) - this allowed me to enter my password, although the system wouldn't let me enter single digits to choose options ("press 1 to save the message" etc.).

So in the dial plan I added an explicit entry for a single digit: |x|, and now everything seems to work...

Thanks, gbroiles, for pointing me in the right direction!

[mberlant]

I have created dial string that blocks 900, 976, 411, 911, etc., and also includes a substitution to help my family place calls to Japan. Here's my Stanaphone dial string. It is easily adaptable to just about any service provider:

([1-9]11!|*xx.|1[2-9]xx[2-9]xxxxxxS0|1900xxxxxxx!|1[2-9]xx976xxxx!|011[2-9]xxxxxxx.|<00:01181>[1-9]xxxxxxx.|P9<:13471234567>)

This breaks down as: Block all calls to x11 except 011. Permit * followed by any number of digits. Permit North American Numbering Plan calls. Prohibit calls to 1900 numbers. Prohibit calls to 976 numbers. Permit international dialing. Facilitate calls to Japan by allowing callers to put an extra zero in front of the domestic number instead of dialing the international string. Finally, if no digits are input in 9 seconds, call the other house.

The only problem I have found is that this string is too long for the wizard, so I have to go in manually and plant the string in the web admin page.

Michael

[PhoneBoy]

That's an easy problem to fix.

[telcoman]

Facilitate calls to Japan by allowing callers to put an extra zero in front of the domestic number instead of dialing the international string

Couldn't you just have |<0:01181>[1-9]xxxxxxx. so that you avoid having to dial an extra zero? You don't dial the '0' after the 81 code anyway.

[mberlant]

Gee, telcoman, you made me scratch my head for a moment and think about why I didn't do that.

I did want to do that, but then I would have to have changed the international dial prefix from 011. This is because Japan's City code 011 belongs to Sapporo, and it would get too messy to distinguish between 011-65-9123-4567 (Singapore) and 011-659-1234 (Sapporo). If you have a clean way to do this, while allowing for Japanese phone numbers that may be 10 or 11 digits long, including the leading zero, I'm all ears.

Arigatou in advance.

Michael

[telcoman]

I stand corrected! To each his own.

I take your point about the confusion that would arise with 011 being the area code for Sapporo. It's also the area code for Johannesburg in South Africa. (Also Sao Paulo in Brazil, Delhi in India) I remember when I was there and an American was trying to get her mom to call her back, and her mom was asking 'what goes between the 011 and the number?' She didn't know it was 27 11, but I saved the day.

Anyway, Michael-San, must go commit seppuku for this indiscretion. :wink: