AT&T 555-230-520 manual

collect digits

■Pound sign (#) digit is collected (signifying end of dialing).

■Inter-digit timer expires.

If, during the digit collection phase, a ‘‘*’’ is encountered within a stream of dialed or dial-ahead digits, all digits that are collected for the current collect digits step are discarded. If additional dial-ahead digits occur after the asterisk, these digits continue to be processed. If there are no such digits, and if no TTR is connected, vectoring continues at the next vector step. If a TTR is connected, the caller can start entering digits again. In such a case, the announcement is not replayed, and the interdigit timer is restarted.

NOTE:

If an asterisk is entered after the requested number of digits are entered, the asterisk has no effect on the previously entered digits. However, in such a case, the asterisk is treated as a dial-ahead digit for the next collect digits command.

When digit collection is completed, and if a TTR is connected (for a touch-tone phone), the interdigit timer is restarted to detect a timeout for releasing the TTR. Vector processing then continues at the next vector step. However, the switch continues to collect any subsequent dialed digits [(including the pound sign (#) and asterisk (*) digits)] to allow for the dial-ahead capability. These additional ‘‘dialed ahead’’ digits are saved for use bysubsequent collect digits commands, and they provide the caller with a means to bypass subsequent unwanted announcement prompts. A single "#" digit can be collected and tested by subsequent route-to...if digits or goto...if digits commands. Alternately, the digit can be passed to a host via ASAI. Collection of dial-ahead digits continues until one of the following occurs:

■Vector processing stops or is terminated.

■The sum of the digits collected for the current collect digits command and the dial-ahead digits exceeds the switch storage limit of 24. Any additional dialed digits are discarded until storage is freed up by a subsequent collect digits command.

NOTE:

Any asterisk (*) or pound sign (#) digits count towards the 24-digit limit, as do any dial-ahead digits entered after the asterisk or pound sign digit.

■The TTR required by the touch-tone phone user to collect digits is disconnected. This occurs under the following conditions:

—Successful or unsuccessful route-to number step is encountered during vector processing except where the number routed to is a VDN extension.

—Successful or unsuccessful route-to digits step is encountered during vector processing except where the number routed to is a VDN extension.

Issue 4 September 1995 A-33