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AUTOPATCH
DIALING NOTES
The Autopatch dialer software looks for the lettered characters B, C, and D in a phone number.
The purposes of these characters are as follows:
B = pause in dialing (5 seconds)
C = dial the digits that follow in pulse (rotary) mode
D = dial the digits that follow in DTMF mode
You will need a 16-button DTMF keyboard to enter these characters. (If you program a phone
number containing the B, C, or D characters into a macro, and if this macro name does not have
any lettered characters, then a standard 12-button keyboard can be used to execute the macro.)
As you can see, the lettered characters are useful in instructing the controller how to dial a special
number. The lettered characters themselves are not dialed. The call screening process (Call Type
Table, Accepted Number Table, and Rejected Number Table) ignores the lettered characters; you
may freely place Bs, Cs and Ds in a phone number and still have the number accurately screened
for restrictions. When a telephone number has both rotary and DTMF dialing modes in it, it requires
that the
Mixed Mode Dialing Option
be enabled.
The lettered characters have only a temporary effect. Once the phone number is dialed, the dialer
will assume that the next call will be dialed using the standard mode (the
Dialing Mode
command is
used to select the standard mode).
Let's use some examples to illustrate this feature. Assume that the standard mode of dialing is
rotary. Assume that you must dial a local 7-digit number, such as 987-6543, pause for a second
dial tone, then dial another number in DTMF, such as 234 567 890. Enter your telephone number
like this:
987 6543 B D 234 567 890 *
You will have to make an entry into the accepted Number Table so that the controller will allow this
16-digit number. You can allow 98765432345678890, or you can allow sixteen
“A”s (which will
allow any 16-digit number to be dialed). In the above example, the controller would dial 9876543 in
rotary (pulse) format; pause 5 seconds; then dial 234567890 in DTMF.
