Thanks to those that responded to my previous request for help passing DTMF between nodes.  
 
Apparently, we agree that DTMF tones are not being passed thru Asterisk nodes on the same PC, regardless of the setting of rpt.conf parameter 'propagate_dtmf'.  
 
If someone has actually done passed DTMF via Asterisk,  I'd appreciate hearing from them  

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