Cisco Systems ATA 186 manual Rule to Support Hotline/Warmline, Rule to Support Dial Prefix

Chapter 5 Parameters and Defaults

Optional Feature Parameters

For example, to enter an interdigit timeout of 12 seconds and discard dialed digits unless 911 is entered, you would use the following command:

Ic 911

Specifying your own interdigit timeout also changes the behavior of the dial plan so that the entire dial string, rather than being sent at timeout, is sent only as a result of a matching rule or time intended by a matching rule.

'H' Rule to Support Hotline/Warmline

Hotline/Warmline, also known as Private Line Automatic Ringdown (PLAR), is a line used for priority telephone service. If the Hotline feature is configured, the Cisco ATA immediately dials a pre-configured number as soon as the handset goes off hook. If the Warmline feature is configured, the Cisco ATA dials a pre-configured number if no digits were entered before the specified timer value expired when the handset went off hook.

Syntax

Hdnnnn

where d is a delay-in-seconds parameter 0-9,a-z (to support 0 to 35 seconds delay), and nnnn is the variable-length phone number to call when no digits are entered for d seconds after the handset goes off hook.

•Example 1: H05551212 (Hotline configuration; the Cisco ATA immediately dials 555-1212 when the handset goes off hook.)

•Example 2: H55551212 (Warmline configuration; the Cisco ATA waits for five seconds and dials 555-1212 if no digits were entered when the handset went off hook.)

'P' Rule to Support Dial Prefix

This rule is for automatic pre-pending the dial string as entered by the user with a specified prefix.

Syntax

Ptnnnn

where t is a single leading trigger character; if t is the first entered digit when making a new call, it triggers the prepending of a variable-length prefix (as specified by nnnn) in the dial string. The t character can take one of the following values:

0-9,*,#, 'n' (= any of 1-9), 'N' (any of 'n' and 0), 'a' (any of 'n',* and #), or 'A' (any of 'a' and 0);

Example:

Pn12345: Prepends 12345 to the dial string when the first entered digit is any of 1-9. The triggered digit is not removed from the dial string.

Cisco ATA 186 and Cisco ATA 188 Analog Telephone Adaptor Administrator’s Guide (H.323)

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