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| Subject: From: Date: | Re: [ECS] Telephone Question Mark Gilmore Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:16:38 -0700 |
Gary, I have a strong feeling that your Events are triggering a RECORD, instead of setting this Item to CALL. I tried this command, and it seemed to work fine. "Get manual" by setting it to CALL yourself. Then worry about getting the Events to work. J Gary Mull wrote: > > Hi Gang, > > Per my post yesterday I still have not yet figured out how I might transfer > a call. It is often the little things that I find the most difficult to > see and do. > > My Bell South phone has answer transfer. You can Flash get a new dial > tone, dial a number hangup and the call is transferred to the number you > dialed. > > I was doing this in ECS DOS with the BigMouth card using a Phone-Box Item. > If some one during the initial answer message pressed 5, ECS would then > initiate the dial-string in phone box5 and transfer the call to my pager, > another number would transfer the caller to my cell phone, etc.... > > My question is, does the current Phone-Box Item support this in the Windows > version. The dial string is there but is anyone doing anything with a > phone-box item like me. I have set up the dial-string the same as I had in > DOS, with the exception of a "," for "W" (wait) and "!" for "F" (flash). > > Here is what I have setup that is not working for me. > > Item: Phone Box5 > Type: Phone-Box > Initial State: (none) > Message Item: > Box Number: 5 > Dial-String ATDT!,,,0,,,404-871-7804 X > > Instead of transferring the call, ECS begins to record. ?????? > > ECS is an extension on the PBX, so I have to flash, wait till I receive a > dial tone, then press zero to get to the party. > > "!" is a FLASH COMMAND > "," is a 1 second wait > > I have tried various other dial-stings but I have not landed on one that > works, any ideas > > At 06:51 AM 08/24/1999 -0700, you wrote: > >-- > >Mark Gilmore > >Omnipotence (ECS home automation software) > >http://www.usit.com/omnip > >omnip@usit.net > >423-745-0026 > >Gary, > >I think you can do this with the AT dial string: > >"!" causes a flash-hook and "," causes a delay > >of ?? seconds. > > > >J Gary Mull wrote: > >> > >> I have a unique type of line, with Answer Transfer. It is a little > >> different than three way calling in that it allows me to transfer a caller > >> to another outside line. > >> > >> If you wish to transfer the caller, you simply press flash and dial the > >> number and hangup. > >> > >> I am trying to duplicate what I was doing with the BigMouth Card with the > >> zoom modem and have not managed to duplicate what I was doing with > BigMouth. > >> > >> For instance I had phone box 5 set to transfer the call to my pager with a > >> flash hook wait, dial 0, wait and then dial my pager number and hangup. > >> > >> Can one first do a flash hook, then dial a number using the ATDT type > >> string? I have tried various ways to do this, but did not succeed. I can > >> do this manually with my PBX. I answer the call, press flash hook, wait a > >> moment, dial 0 to receive a new dial tone on my main number, then dial the > >> new number and hang up. > >> > >> I had other non published mail boxes setup to dial other numbers such as my > >> Mom Long Distance. I got a better rate if I was on my cell phone, called > >> the house to a private mail box and then was transferred long distance to > >> my mom etc. > >> > >> Gary > >> jgary@atl.mindspring.com Gary at Home > >> jgmull@us.ibm.com Gary at Work > > > jgary@atl.mindspring.com Gary at Home > jgmull@us.ibm.com Gary at Work -- Mark Gilmore Omnipotence (ECS home automation software) http://www.usit.com/omnip 423-745-0026