<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">while technically valid digits, i've never seen them used in numbers. I suspect digging in Q.24 (dtmf) and/or 464 might give some indicators of why - maybe not valid routes similar to 10.x.x.x in the IP world. but enough supposition.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The places I have frequently seen A,B,C, and D are:</DIV><DIV>transcription machines - there are several transctiption machines that come with foot petals that send A/B dtmf to scroll forward/backward in conversation.</DIV><DIV>OctelNet - octel networking makes heavy use of ABCD</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>/Wes</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 3, 2006, at 6:18 PM, Jonathan Charles wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline">Yep, I just tried it with CCM 4.2(3) and it failed horrifically:<BR><BR>"Directory Number contains one or more invalid characters. Valid characters for Directory Number are <BR>numbers, the letter X, dashes and the following character(s): <BR><BR>* # [ ^ ] + ? !"<BR><BR>I guess all those IPT gurus on this board who keep saying it works never tried it either...<BR><BR>I tried it on a CTI Route Point and a CTI port...<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Jonathan<BR><BR> <BR><DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 11/3/06, <B class="gmail_sendername">Fred Nielsen</B> <<A href="mailto:fwn@feasible.net">fwn@feasible.net</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <DIV bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Tahoma" size="2">A, B, C and D are valid DTMF "digits" with their own tones... imagine another column of four more keys on the right hand side of your existing keypad with A - D running top to bottom. This column has its own tone in the "Dual-Tone Multiple Frequency" setup, and uses the same row tone as that used by the digits you are already familiar with, combined to make a dual-tone like every other digit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Tahoma" size="2"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Tahoma" size="2">They were principally used on the U.S. DOD AUTOVON private telephone network to signal priority. A call preceded by an A (flash override, the highest priority) would preempt any calls on congested trunks with lower priorities. The remaining three digits represented lower levels of priority, and a call with no digits preceding was deemed "routine" with the lowest priority of all. Telephone carriers companies used to also use them for various signal indications back when analog trunks were still fairly prevalent.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Tahoma" size="2"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Tahoma" size="2">Sometimes you will see technician buttsets with A-D keys on them still. Kinda neat.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Tahoma" size="2"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Tahoma" size="2">-- Fred Nielsen</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us"> <HR> <FONT face="Tahoma" size="2"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Lelio Fulgenzi<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 03, 2006 1:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Howard, Chad; <A href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cisco-voip] RP Wildcards A,B,C,D<BR></FONT><BR></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="e" id="q_10eaffc554cd1a9d_1"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">someone told me once they are used in military communications. top secret stuff i guess.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<BR>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<BR>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<BR>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <BR>"I can eat fifty eggs." "Nobody can eat fifty eggs."</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <DIV style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <B>From:</B> <A title="Chad.Howard@ecolab.com" href="mailto:Chad.Howard@ecolab.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Howard, Chad</A> </DIV> <DIV style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><B>To:</B> <A title="cisco-voip@puck.nether.net" href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 03, 2006 4:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><B>Subject:</B> [cisco-voip] RP Wildcards A,B,C,D</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Anyone know what the route pattern wildards A, B, C, D are used for ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Arial" size="2">The docs I've found so far say they're valid characters, but they aren't listed in the wildcard explanations.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><PRE>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: <BR>This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain proprietary and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above.
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