C-8 SmartSwitch 1800 4.0 User Guide, Rev 01Using Wildcards in Speed-Dial NumbersThe question mark and asterisk wildcards can be included in map table entries anddialed by users of attached equipment. (A question mark matches any single digit; anasterisk matches multiple digits.) In the map table, a wildcard can be included in thespeed dial number in any digit position except the first (e.g., 23* is valid, but *23 is not).When the first digit of a dialed number is the asterisk wildcard, the SmartSwitch willprocess the remaining dial digits as long call format dialing if the configured Long DialPrefix (in Voice Port configuration) is an asterisk. In any other digit position, thewildcard(s) will be treated differently depending on what is being dialed. If an asteriskappears in a extended dial string, it is treated as a normal extended digit (no specialprocessing). If an asterisk is dialed in a speed dial number, the SmartSwitch willsearch the map table for a matching entry.Any pre-configured numbers will be given priority any number with anasterisk as the first digit.When the SmartSwitch searches the map table for an entry that matches the user-dialed number, an exact match terminates the search and the associated entry is usedto set-up the call. If a map table entry with wildcard(s) is found, the SmartSwitchrecords how closely the map entry matches the user-dialed number and continues thesearch. If another map table entry with wildcard(s) is encountered, the SmartSwitchcompares the two entries and retains the entry that most closely matches the user-dialed number. This process continues until the entire map table has been searched andcompared. If there is no exact match in the map table, the entry with the wildcard(s)that most closely matches the user-dial number is used.For example, assume that map table entries have been defined for speed dial numbers3*, 333*, and 33*.If the user dials 3330, the first mapping table entry (3*) will be recorded as a match.When the second entry (333*) is encountered, the SmartSwitch will discard the firstentry, because 333* more closely matches the user-dialed entry 3330. When the Smart-Switch encounters the third map table entry (33*), it will retain and use the secondmapping table entry because 333* more closely matches 3330 than 33*.
