Chapter4–ConfiguringYourMultiVOIP
42 MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways
Voice/FaxParameterDefinitions(continued)
FieldName Values Description
AutoCall/OffhookAlertParameters
AutoCall/Offhook
Alert
AutoCall,
Offhook
Alert
TheAutoCalloptionenablesthelocalMultiVOIPtocallaremoteMultiVOIPwithout
theuserhavingtodialaPhoneDirectoryDatabasenumber.Assoonasyouaccessthe
localMultiVOIPvoice/faxchannel,theMultiVOIPimmediatelyconnectstotheremote
MultiVOIPidentifiedin
thePhoneNumberboxofthisoption.
Ifthe“PassThroughEnable”fieldischeckedintheInterfaceParameterswindow,
AutoCallmustbeused.
TheOffhookAlertoptionappliesonlytoFXSchannels.
TheOffhookAlertoptionworkslikethis:ifaphonegoesoffhookandyetnonumber
isdialedwithinaspecificperiodoftime(assetintheOffhookAlertTimerfield),then
thatphoneautomaticallydialstheAlertphonenumberfortheVOIPchannel.(The
AlertphonenumbermustbesetintheVoice/FaxParameters|PhoneNumberfield;
iftheVOIPsystemisworkingwithout
agatekeeperunit,theremustalsobeamatching
phonenumberentryintheOutboundPhonebook.).Oneuseofthisfeaturewouldbe
foremergencyusewhereausergoesoffhookbutdoesnotdial,possiblyindicatinga
crisissituation.TheOffhookAlertfeatureusestheInterceptTone,aslistedinthe
RegionalParameterswindow.Thistoneisoutputtedonthephonethatwastakenoff
hookbutthatdidnotdial.Theotherendoftheconnectionhearsaudiofromthe
“crisis”end,asduringanormalphonecall.
Bothfunctionsapplyonachannel‐by‐channelbasis.
Itwouldnotbeappropriatefor
eitherofthesefunctionstobeappliedtoachannelthatservesinapoolofavailable
channelsforgeneralphonetraffic.EitherfunctionrequiresanentryintheOutgoing
phonebookofthelocalMultiVOIPandamatchedsettingintheInboundPhonebookof
the
remoteVOIP.
GenerateLocalDial
Tone
Y/N UsedforAutoCallonly.Ifselected,dialtoneisgeneratedlocallywhilethecallisbeing
establishedbetweengateways.Thecapabilitytogeneratedialtonelocallywouldbe
particularlyusefulwhenthereisalengthynetworkdelay.
OffhookAlertTimer 0–3000
seconds
Thelengthoftimethatmustelapsebeforetheoffhookalertistriggeredandacallis
automaticallymadetothephonenumberlistedinthePhoneNumberfield.
PhoneNumber ‐‐ PhonenumberusedforAutoCallfunctionorOffhookAlertTimerfunction.Thisphone
numbermustcorrespondtoanentryintheOutboundPhonebookofthelocal
MultiVOIPandintheInboundPhonebookoftheremoteMultiVOIP(unless a
gatekeeperunitisusedintheVOIPsystem).
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