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| Subject: From: Date: | Telephone Question J Gary Mull Thu, 23 Sep 1999 23:13:13 -0400 |
Is anyone using a phone-box type item with a dial string so one can
transfer a call outside or to a extension on a PBX.
I have tried every variation I can imagine and ECS always starts out as if
it is going to initiate the dial string by TTS saying, "You call is being
transferred," however, it immediately begins to record instead and a error
code is always posted in a messages. I am using the ECS version as of last
Saturday morning 9/18/99. As I recall Peter or someone else use to do lots
of telephone stuff.......
Cheers,
Gary
>Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:06:36 -0400
>To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
>From: J Gary Mull <jgary@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: [ECS] Telephone Question
>In-Reply-To: <37C2CD80.48FE1B91@usit.net>
>References: <3.0.5.32.19990823235524.013572e0@pop.mindspring.com>
>
>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