I am trying to find a way to paste conference bridge numbers into the dialer and have it send the tones out the line, when the call is up.
The scenerio is:
1. Dial the 800 number for the bridge. This can be pasted in the dialer and then push the talk button.
2. When prompted for the bridge number, I would like to hightlight it from test in the calendar and paste it in the dialer and have it send it to the IVR on the conference bridge. I can copy and paste the number to the dialer, but it does not send the digits on the voice path.
I was able to do this on the previous Palm phone I had and it was very useful.
If you program it in as a number for a contact, you can use the letter "w" or "p" in the dialdstring for wait or pause. The first waits a few seconds, the latter pauses until you hit the talk button.
I would create contact "Conference" , number 1800NNNNNNNNp1111p2222
where 1111 is the conference number and 2222 is the pin.
Most times the bridge numbers come in a meeting invite and will be in my calendar. Some are the same numbers and some will be unknown. It is tough remembering a 10 digit pin number if you have never seen it. Creating a contact or speed dial for all the combinations would be hard to impossible.
I can copy the number from the calendar and paste it into the dialer when the call is up, but the digits are not sent on the voice path to the conference bridge. They just sit on the input line of the dialer. If I press the talk button the dialer will try to place another call.
With the Palm phone (6035 and tried it with a 650), you can highlight the pin number (or any number fo that matter) and press the hardware dialer key and it will send the digits to the dialer and send them on the voice path.
I do 10 to 20 conference calls a week and it was one feature that I used constantly. They XV6600 is so much nicer than the Palm, but this may be something tha makes me find another phone.
Is the dialer that come with the XV6600 part of the Windows Mobile 2003 SE code? I tried to see if there are other dialers, but there aren't many and don't add this capability.
Bumping this up because this guy never received a solution and I have the same problem.
Bridge calls come to me on my calendar and I have to do this to call it. 1-800-555-2121 PassCode: 111111
1. Open Calendar entry
2. Go into EDIT Mode
Why the heck should I need to do that? Why can't I be able to copy the number from view mode? Edit mode means I need to close it and it appears to have been changed and that change gets sync'd to the calendar server.
3. Mark the number and memorize the PIN
4. Copy the number (remembering to not CUT it since I'm in edit mode)
5. Go to the Phone screen
6. Paste it.
7. Enter the PIN at the prompt (if I still remember it -- otherwise hit the calendar button to see it again)
That is too much dang work and much easier on my old 7135 and the Treo 600 (with TAKEphONE).
Can some smart developer just write the code we need? We want to be able to parse out numbers in a calendar entry and put it to a clipboard. We can then modify/copy it to the phone if it doesn't parse out cleanly.
For example if I have this in the calendar entry:
1-800-555-2121 PassCode: 111111
I'd like to tap the entry in view mode and have all numbers, spaces, hyphens, and special characters ("w", "p") parsed out and offered these options:
I have a contact named Conference. The number (in your format) would be:
1-800-555-2121p111111
Note two things: 1. You put it in as "Conference" not in the notes/appointment/calendar.
2. I used P not W so you have to hit the Talk/Send button to send the password
I know this isn't a solution to your problem, and I'm not a developer that's going to solve it... I am just suggesting a temporary workaround until someone does
I have a couple of conference call numbers in my contact list:
CC - Mgmt Confidential
CC - Non-Confidential
and I do almost what you do but your phone works differently from mine, I think. On my phone "p" acts as a "pause" and "w" is a "wait" to hit the send key again. That is why I use this:
1-800-555-2121w111111#
or this:
1-800-555-2121pppp111111# (one "p" is not enough time)
And you are right. It doesn't solve the problem because I get different bridge calls put on my calendar all day.
Hmmmm. When I put a P or a W in the dial string (from a contact), nothing happens. It dials the number, but hitting the talk button or the Send key does nothing other than start to initiate a third party call.
I have a PPC-6600 on Sprint, and No. Sprint just dials speed dial one or a menu option for Voice mail. It dials the phone's number, but you are never asked for a passcode.
Still, putting P or W in the string does nothing. If I put it in it dials the first portion, but I cannot seem to release the rest!?!?
Pissing me off, b/c I dial a call center and have to manually put in an ID code everytime.
So much of what you're talking about in this thread goes way over my head, but the p for pause i understand! Thank you!!! After half an hour on the phone with verizon all they could tell me was that the comma won't work for pause with this phone and there is no plan to make it work. Knowing about the p has allowed me to program my calling card and international phone numbers back in so i can call my kids when i travel.
Thank you to all who contributed to this thread and this great resource.
I have a ppc-6600, and no p's, w's, or commas seem to do a thing. I also would like to be able to add numbers after the basic phone number I'm dialing to ease connecting to voice mail, etc.
I use the p's in my phone to automatically dial a pager number and include my number. Works fine...
Just tried it with some variations of p or w.
Only the p works for me. I use three of them then my number in the contact list.
Formatted as:
Wife= 407-555-1212ppp3215551212#
She just called to let me know it worked.
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I know what they are talking about, and it is a feature I miss with the 6600 as well. In my previous phone, you could highlight a phone number ANYWHERE (contacts, text in notes, email, etc.) and then press the phone dial button and it would dial it as a phone number.
6600 does not appear to do this, so the only option is to enter each one as a contact. The "P" works fine.
Ordinarily, I consider myself fairly knowledgeable. However, I am just NOT getting this! I have put p's and w's in my contact phone numbers. They are ignored. If i hit the "talk" button during a call, I get another line with a dial tone. I see the "pppp" in Trident's post, but I have numbers with P's in them, and nothing happens!!
Unlike other phones that I've had, this one acts a little different. It appears to not do anything, but only because when I'm listening for a dialtone or tones to dial the pager number, they are either not there or very quiet. But they are getting throught as has been verified by the wife.
I did have to experiment some, because one "p" is not enough and starts dialing too quickly, and four p's delay the dialing so that I usually get disconnected before anything happens.
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Clearly this doesn't work for everybody. I have also tried the p's and w's to no avail. They simply do not work.
I wonder: is this due to us having different carriers (Verizon, Sprint, etc.) or different firmware versions. My firmware is dated around 12/04. My carrier is a local independent.
I have the SX66 BA from Cingular. This works for me but in the opposite way as stated by Ehud. A "w" in the string will wait until I press the send key again. A "p" in the string will pause a few seconds and then continue dialing on its own. We use Bellsouth conference lines where you have to enter an asterisk followed by the bridge number and then an asterisk again. And if you are the host you then enter in an asterisk, your host pin code and another asterisk. Both the "p" and "w" work on my SX66.
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