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SPOT 14.4
SPOT 14.4 User's Guide
User's Guide
38GDE00001SCF - Issue 4 (11/96)
38GDE00001SCF - Issue 4 (11/96)
Dialling Rules
Dialling Rules
Each calling card defines three dialling rules; one each for local, long
distance and international calls. Each rule consists of characters used to
convert the number input to a Windows TAPI application into dialling. The
process of conversion consists of four steps:
1. Isolate the country code, area code and local number in the input.
2. Compare the area and country code input to the area and country
code of the current location to decide whether the call is local, long
distance, or international.
3. Use the corresponding dialling rule of the selected calling card to
generate the correct series of digits to dial.
4. Apply the appropriate outside line access code to the dialling.
The dialling rule consists of characters of two types; characters directly
copied into the diallable number and characters that copy some portion of
the input or card number into the diallable number.
Dialling Characters
Dialling Characters
The following characters get copied directly into the diallable number:
0-9
Diallable digits
ABCD Diallable digits (tone dialling only, used for special control on some systems)
*, #
Diallable digits (tone dialling only)
T
Following digits are to be tone dialled
P
Following digits are to be pulse dialled
,
Pause for fixed time
!
Hookflash (quick on-hook, off-hook)
The following characters in a dialling rule, result in information being
copied from the calling card or current location into the diallable number:
E
Country code
F
Area code (city code)
G
Local number
H
Card number