Version 7.2  627  Mediant 500L Gateway & E-SBC 
 
User's Manual   28. Analog Gateway 
28.13.1.2  Two-Stage Dialing 
Two-stage dialing is when the IP caller is required to dial twice. The caller initially dials to 
the FXO device and only after receiving a dial tone from the PBX (via the FXO device), 
dials the destination telephone number. 
Figure  28-11: Call Flow for Two-Stage Dialing 
 
Two-stage dialing implements the Dialing Time feature. Dialing Time allows you to define 
the time that each digit can be separately dialed. By default, the overall dialing time per 
digit is 200 msec. The longer the telephone number, the greater the dialing time. 
The relevant parameters for configuring Dialing Time include the following: 
  DTMFDigitLength (100 msec): time for generating DTMF tones to the PSTN (PBX) 
side 
  DTMFInterDigitInterval (100 msec): time between generated DTMF digits to PSTN 
(PBX) side 
 
28.13.1.3  DID Wink 
The device's FXO ports support Direct Inward Dialing (DID). DID is a service offered by 
telephone companies that enables callers to dial directly to an extension on a PBX without 
the assistance of an operator or automated call attendant. This service makes use of DID 
trunks, which forward only the last three to five digits of a phone number to the PBX. If, for 
example, a company has a PBX with extensions 555-1000 to 555-1999, and a caller dials 
555-1234, the local central office (CO) would forward, for example, only 234 to the PBX. 
The PBX would then ring extension 234. 
DID wink enables the originating end to seize the line by going off-hook. It waits for 
acknowledgment from the other end before sending digits. This serves as an integrity 
check that identifies a malfunctioning trunk and allows the network to send a re-order tone 
to the calling party.