[VoIP] Motorola VT1005 Dial Plan Work

[Doug Alderdice]

I have been messing about with the dial plan in the VT1005 and I am coming 
to the conclusion that the unit will do whatever it darn well pleases with 
the dial plan you put in it!

Seven digit CNET numbers and three digit "local" numbers have been no 
problem all along.  It's getting the overseas CNET numbers (011+) to 
work.  It defies explanation.

The service provider manual for the VT1005 is a bit lean on details for the 
dial plan so I have been trying various ways of having an entry for the 
011+ numbers.  Thought I finally had it with this statement:
BTIOPT TeleSipDialPlanEntry[1]   = "PREPEND:011.T:"

where it would take a digit string of variable length and will time 
out.  Worked great on the Line 2 port of my VT1005, which has been my test 
port of sorts.  I have been leaving line 1 alone.  Got line 2 to dial 
overseas on the CNET.  Tried a couple of calls.  Worked each time.  Figured 
I had it, so I went and made the change in the previous 011+ entry I had 
for line 1 to match what I have for line 2.  Recompiled the .bin file, 
waited for the ATA to pull it from the tftp server.  Now NEITHER line can 
dial 011 numbers!!!  I made only a change to the line 1 settings.  I made 
no other changes.

The whole evening has gone like that.  Earlier I was able to make some 011+ 
calls with this entry:
BTIOPT TeleSipDialPlanEntry[1]   = "DIGITMAP:011XXXXXXXXXXXXT:"

Thought I had it then.  I made a change only to the dialing timeout 
settings for line 2, shortening them by a second:
BTIOPT TeleSipCritialDialTimeout[1] = 3000
BTIOPT TeleSipPartialDialTimeout[1] = 3000

recompiled, and got the new binary over to the ATA and then I couldn't dial 
011+ calls again.  It would bomb out (get reorder from the ATA) after I 
dialed zero.  Changed only the timeout settings back to the 4000 they were 
previously, still couldn't dial a 011 call.  And on it went.

The VT1005 seems to randomly apply the rules for this particular 
string.  It works, then it doesn't.

Errgh.

Doug.