I too am overjoyed as TPG have now fixed the problem - how I do not know. It escallated to an engineer who did something(?) then phoned to tell me to reset the modem with a pin and bingo, all went well. We can now have visitors as the star button actually sends the correct signal to the gate. And all I had to do was buy a new un-needed phone. ... View more

G'day BasilDV   I should have mentioned that I purchased a new phone but made no difference, and borrowed another resident's phone (which opens the gate on Telstra NBN), and reset the modem, so I have tried everything I can think of. Over to you. ... View more

@jbeagle wrote: UPDATE Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 6:08 pm   THE ‘FIX’ ? Please be advised that your DTMF issue has been resolved by doing route change on your line. If you wish to share this to the TPG Community, please let the people know that if they are experiencing the same issue they need to report it to TPG with the following information: A Number: Number of the security gate B Number: Your TPG home phone number Time and Date of failed calls: Make sure it is made within 48 hours Symptoms: Exact detail of failed call. For example on your case, "We press 24# at the gate and it will dial our home phone number. Once call is answered at home we will now  press 1 to open the gate but nothing happens we can only hear peep and squeak sound on his end at the gate." Based from the history of other DTMF issues we received, it appears there is no standard workaround that is being implemented as our Voice Engineers are implementing routing via dialogic transcoders that may need individual re-routes. Regards, Iza | ADSL Faults | UserID: 13214 T 13 14 23 | F 02 9850 0813 www.tpg.com.au   My Reply to ADSL Faults   Thank you for the ‘fix’ you have applied to my Security Gate access and getting back with detail that I can add to my case with TPG Community. In my working career of 38 years as a Telecommunication Technical Officer with PMG, Telecom and Telstra, I could not possibly see this as a ‘fix’ and at best it would be viewed as a ‘patch’.   I am sure you are aware that digits sent from phones are Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) and are two tones combined, unique for each digit, but all tones remain within the voice frequency band. How your VOIP technology is designed to reject or distort these signals, as in my case, is really beyond me.    I don’t see this ‘fix’ as applying to any other situation like I had with a Call Back from Qantas on March 20 (being the initial trigger for this issue) when I was unable to respond to that call when selecting Option 1. I had already waited 3 hours for that Call Back, needless to say, the next Call Back was setup on my mobile!   My VOIP service worked fine for 8 months since installation up until March 20. Now the only time I can send digits successfully from my home phone after the call is established appears to be, like Qantas, or other services operating with menu options for you to choose a specific area/department? Calls to or from other services over this VOIP network, PSTN or Mobile, will not receive clear DTMF signals on an established call from my home phone, however receive them OK from the far end?   I request that this Ticket #10385869 remain open and be escalated to the highest level within TPG Support so it might be investigated more thoroughly to finality.   Please reply on receipt of this email.   Thank you.   Regards   For those of you reading this post with a greater knowledge of TPG's VOIP Technology are invited to please reply back and/or pass on to TPG Support a solution that really addresses this issue. Thank you. jbeagle @jbeagle wrote: UPDATE Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 6:08 pm   THE ‘FIX’ ? Please be advised that your DTMF issue has been resolved by doing route change on your line. If you wish to share this to the TPG Community, please let the people know that if they are experiencing the same issue they need to report it to TPG with the following information: A Number: Number of the security gate B Number: Your TPG home phone number Time and Date of failed calls: Make sure it is made within 48 hours Symptoms: Exact detail of failed call. For example on your case, "We press 24# at the gate and it will dial our home phone number. Once call is answered at home we will now  press 1 to open the gate but nothing happens we can only hear peep and squeak sound on his end at the gate." Based from the history of other DTMF issues we received, it appears there is no standard workaround that is being implemented as our Voice Engineers are implementing routing via dialogic transcoders that may need individual re-routes. Regards, Iza | ADSL Faults | UserID: 13214 T 13 14 23 | F 02 9850 0813 www.tpg.com.au   My Reply to ADSL Faults   Thank you for the ‘fix’ you have applied to my Security Gate access and getting back with detail that I can add to my case with TPG Community. In my working career of 38 years as a Telecommunication Technical Officer with PMG, Telecom and Telstra, I could not possibly see this as a ‘fix’ and at best it would be viewed as a ‘patch’.   I am sure you are aware that digits sent from phones are Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) and are two tones combined, unique for each digit, but all tones remain within the voice frequency band. How your VOIP technology is designed to reject or distort these signals, as in my case, is really beyond me.    I don’t see this ‘fix’ as applying to any other situation like I had with a Call Back from Qantas on March 20 (being the initial trigger for this issue) when I was unable to respond to that call when selecting Option 1. I had already waited 3 hours for that Call Back, needless to say, the next Call Back was setup on my mobile!   My VOIP service worked fine for 8 months since installation up until March 20. Now the only time I can send digits successfully from my home phone after the call is established appears to be, like Qantas, or other services operating with menu options for you to choose a specific area/department? Calls to or from other services over this VOIP network, PSTN or Mobile, will not receive clear DTMF signals on an established call from my home phone, however receive them OK from the far end?   I request that this Ticket #10385869 remain open and be escalated to the highest level within TPG Support so it might be investigated more thoroughly to finality.   Please reply on receipt of this email.   Thank you.   Regards   For those of you reading this post with a greater knowledge of TPG's VOIP Technology are invited to please reply back and/or pass on to TPG Support a solution that really addresses this issue. Thank you. jbeagle I have exactly the same problem since switching to NBN/TPG, our gate code asterix is not accepted, nor can I choose "Option 1.., Option 2..etc from an incoming call. I have called TPG who have no knowledge of this "never heard of it" "must be a third party problem", and even gave me the direct number for NBN who wouldn't of course deal with me direct. Has your problem been solved? We cannot admit visitors until the problem is fixed. Help! ... View more

@jbeagle wrote: @joba3169 Received your email/message just now.   I'm still 'rusty' on the use of TPG Community and pleased that someone has communicated at last re the issue I've had because all has been rather silent since the 'fix' was applied back on the 28th April. What a time to strike an issue like this at the beginning of COVID? Thank you for your contact and I trust that this info will be sufficient for your needs. I can continue to use this media or feel welcome to use my email address. jbeagle I have exactly the same problem. Since getting the NBN we cannot reply to callers at our front gate. On answering we are required to press * (below 7) and the gate should open - but it doesn't! We have purchased a new NBN compatible phone, spoken to the gate eqipment installer, TPG, our estate manager, but no-one can solve it. Looks like I now need to go back to TPG and insist that it is their problem. Have they actually solved anybody's problem? ... View more