Appendix A – Dial Plans
Dial plans can be very confusing at first glance. However they are invaluable feature of the
SPA-3000 so you should at least learn the basics of how they work.
The following dial plans are to
show how to use the various features of dial plans. You should play around with them to suit your
needs.
Dial Plan Syntax
( )
- The entire dial plan must be surrounded by an open and close bracket.
|
- Each individual dial plan must be separated by a pipe | character.
0-9
- Treated as normal digits
x
- Treated as any normal digit 0-9 on phone
*
- Treated as normal * character on phone
#
- Treated as normal # character on phone
.
- Repetition
< : >
- Replacement, eg <02:612> means replace 02 with 612
<:@gw0>
- Gateway 0 is the PSTN line
<:@gw1>
- Gateway 1 (Advanced Feature)
<:@gw2>
- Gateway 2 (Advanced Feature)
<:@gw3>
- Gateway 3 (Advanced Feature)
<:@gw4>
- Gateway 4 (Advanced Feature)
S0
- Dial Immediately
!
- Barring a number, place this at the end of the number to bar it
,
- Provides a dial tone
[ ]
- Limiting choices, eg [24] means either 2 or 4, [2-5] means 2,3,4 and 5, [24-68]
means 2,4,5,6,8
Example Dial Plans
Dial Plan 1
:
(000S0<:@gw0>)
Description
:
The above dial plan is extremely simple, yet extremely important. When
you dial 000 (Emergency number) your call will go out through Gateway 0
(<:@gw0) which is your normal PSTN line, immediately (S0) after you have
dialed the 3
rd
0.