Ahh, the {EXTEN:1} must serve to skip the 1st character of the extension,
stripping the 9 off
That's what I needed, thanks!-----Original Message----- From: Austin M. Brower [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Austin M. Brower Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 9:11 AM To: Nik Martin Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Dial Plan Format Strings Nik, I use NuFone, but here's how I do it (my area code is 207): exten => _9NXXXXXX,7,Dial(IAX2/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/1207${EXTEN:1}) Good luck, Austin On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 08:13:19AM -0500, Nik Martin wrote: > In the absence of "The Definitive Guide to Asterisk Dial Plans" book, > I'd like to do something possibly unique with the formatting of > extensions in my dial plan, and am having trouble. We use VoicePulse > connect, which gives us local DID for inbound and outbound calls (even > though DTMF tones are not working in Voice Pulse Connect at the > moment). To dial local numbers, you have to dial the entire number, > like 1 + area code + number. I'd like to eliminate this by having the > user just dial 9 + 7 digit number, and have asterisk put the 1 + area > code (which is in a variable in extensions.conf) in front of it prior > to sending the request to Voice Pulse. Is this possible? > > > Thanks, > > Nik Martin > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
