How to dial a * (asterisk)?

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Hi!

Gert Doering wrote:
> Thomas Ziegler wrote:
> > For testing purposes on an internal isdn equipment I need to dial a *. E.g.
> > an internal number *12
> 
> This is not something a normal modem can do. There is no DTMF sequence
> defined for this, and thus it usually can't appear in a phone number.

This is wrong. The * and # are both possible DTMF codes. E.g. I dial a *15
for an internal call to extension 15 and the vm dialout does this properly.
So for tone dial these are valid characters, but not for pulse dial. All
modems I know support this.

Bye,
Marc
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