Chapter 6 Call Commands

Call Command Behavior

Call Command Behavior

Table 6-4summarizes differing Call Command behavior based on the U.S. and Sweden default call commands.

U.S. Call Command Default

Af;AH;BS;NA;CS;NA;Df;EB;Ff;EP;Kf;EFh;HQ;Jf;AFh;HQ;I*67;gA*82;fA#90v#;OI;H#72v#;bA#74

v#;cA#75v#;dA#73;eA*67;gA*82;fA*70;iA*69;DA*99;xA;Uh;GQ;Af;AH;

Sweden Call Command Default

BS;NA;CS;NA;Df;EB;Ff0;ARf1;HPf2;EPf3;AP;Kf1;HFf2;EFf3;AFf4;HQ;Jf1;HFf2;EFf3;AFf4;HQ;A

f4;HQ;I*31#;gA#31#;gA*90*v#;OI;H*21*v#;bA*61*v#;dA*67*v#;cA#21#;eA#61#;eA#67#;eA*31#

;gA#31#;gA*43#;hA#43#;iA*69#;DA*99#;xA;Uh;GQ;

Table Notations

The following notations are used in Table 6-4:

FE—Far end

AFE—Active Far End, which is a connected far end that is not placed on hold

WFE—Waiting Far End, which is a connected far end being placed on hold, or an incoming caller waiting to be answered

R—Hook Flash

ONH—On Hook

OFH—Off Hook

0-9,*,#—DTMF digits

v—a variable length string, usually a phone number, and does not include #

CWT—call-waiting tone

Note The notations in Table 6-4include abbreviations for input sequence behavior. Refer to the tables and syntax examples shown earlier in this section. The Summary of Commands column in Table 6-4is based on the actual command syntax used in the default Call Command strings for the United States and Sweden.

Table 6-4 Call Command Behavior

Cisco ATA State and its Definition

Summary of Commands (Input Sequence and Actions)

 

 

IDLE: Phone is on-hook; Cisco ATA is

OFH—Start dial tone and go to PREDIAL state.

waiting for incoming call

New incoming call or a waiting call (started before it enters IDLE)—Start

 

 

ringing the phone and go to the RINGING state.

 

 

PREDIAL: Phone just went off-hook but

United States and Sweden:

no DTMF has been entered yet;

# , *—Stop dial-tone, go to the CONFIG state, and prepare to accept a

Cisco ATA plays dial-tone

complete configuration sequence.

 

 

0-9: Stop dial tone, start invoking dial-plan rules, and go to the DIALING

 

state to accept a complete phone number.

 

 

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

 

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ATA 188 specifications

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