Dial Special Characters and Do not Route

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robi99:
I have tried searching, but I am not sure what to search for.

I have my home phone line connected to an alarm device that responds when I pick up my home phone and dial "**#" . The device listens for these DTMF tones and then enters a voice response system on the device that allows me to interact with my alarm system.

So, what digit maps/call routes do I need to setup to allow me to dial "**#" and leave the call on the local phone wire so that I can interact with my alarm system, without trying to route it to one of my VOIP carriers?

jimates:
Normally when you press **# the phone line is already open. With the Obi the **# is not even sent to the service provider until after you are finished dialing. The best thing to do is press #, this will connect you directly to the POTS line's dial tone with an open line. Then press **# and proceed.

robi99:
Sorry, I failed to mention that the alarm device is not connected to a POTS line. Actually, I don't have a POTS line. Also, I am trying to dial "*##" not "**#" (messed that up in my original post)

I have my OBI110 connected to the house telephone wiring and the alarm device is connected to that. So what I need is for the OBI to allow me to pickup the phone and dial "*##" and leave the line open while I interact with the alarm device without trying to route me to one of my VOIP providers.

More info:
On the OBI110 I have GV as SP1 and VOIP.MS as SP2.

When I initially tried to dial "*## " I got a busy signal. Then I added |*##| to my "Phone Digit Map".

After I did that I could dial "*##" but then it said there was no route defined. So I tried adding {<:*##>} to my outbound call route.

Still not working.

robi99:
Wow, does this mean it cannot be done?

ianobi:
The problem is that the OBi wants to send the *## somewhere and having sent it needs to see the call connected or it will send back some sort of error message.

The only answer I can see (a bit extreme) is to fool the Obi into thinking there is a PSTN line connected by connecting a suitable voltage to the line port, around 50v d.c. then jimates suggestion would work.

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