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Chapter4–ConfiguringYourMultiVOIP

42 MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways

Voice/FaxParameterDefinitions(continued)

FieldName Values Description

AutoCall/OffhookAlertParameters 

AutoCall/Offhook

Alert

AutoCall,

Offhook

Alert

TheAutoCalloptionenablesthelocalMultiVOIPtocallaremoteMultiVOIPwithout

theuserhavingtodialaPhoneDirectoryDatabasenumber.Assoonasyouaccessthe

localMultiVOIPvoice/faxchannel,theMultiVOIPimmediatelyconnectstotheremote

MultiVOIPidentifiedin

thePhoneNumberboxofthisoption.

Ifthe“PassThroughEnable”fieldischeckedintheInterfaceParameterswindow,

AutoCallmustbeused.

TheOffhookAlertoptionappliesonlytoFXSchannels.

TheOffhookAlertoptionworkslikethis:ifaphonegoesoffhookandyetnonumber

isdialedwithinaspecificperiodoftime(assetintheOffhookAlertTimerfield),then

thatphoneautomaticallydialstheAlertphonenumberfortheVOIPchannel.(The

AlertphonenumbermustbesetintheVoice/FaxParameters|PhoneNumberfield;

iftheVOIPsystemisworkingwithout

agatekeeperunit,theremustalsobeamatching

phonenumberentryintheOutboundPhonebook.).Oneuseofthisfeaturewouldbe

foremergencyusewhereausergoesoffhookbutdoesnotdial,possiblyindicatinga

crisissituation.TheOffhookAlertfeatureusestheInterceptTone,aslistedinthe

RegionalParameterswindow.Thistoneisoutputtedonthephonethatwastakenoff

hookbutthatdidnotdial.Theotherendoftheconnectionhearsaudiofromthe

“crisis”end,asduringanormalphonecall.

Bothfunctionsapplyonachannel‐by‐channelbasis.

Itwouldnotbeappropriatefor

eitherofthesefunctionstobeappliedtoachannelthatservesinapoolofavailable

channelsforgeneralphonetraffic.EitherfunctionrequiresanentryintheOutgoing

phonebookofthelocalMultiVOIPandamatchedsettingintheInboundPhonebookof

the

remoteVOIP.

GenerateLocalDial

Tone

Y/N UsedforAutoCallonly.Ifselected,dialtoneisgeneratedlocallywhilethecallisbeing

establishedbetweengateways.Thecapabilitytogeneratedialtonelocallywouldbe

particularlyusefulwhenthereisalengthynetworkdelay.

OffhookAlertTimer 0–3000

seconds

Thelengthoftimethatmustelapsebeforetheoffhookalertistriggeredandacallis

automaticallymadetothephonenumberlistedinthePhoneNumberfield.

PhoneNumber ‐‐ PhonenumberusedforAutoCallfunctionorOffhookAlertTimerfunction.Thisphone

numbermustcorrespondtoanentryintheOutboundPhonebookofthelocal

MultiVOIPandintheInboundPhonebookoftheremoteMultiVOIP(unless a 

gatekeeperunitisusedintheVOIPsystem).

Tableiscontinuedonnextpage…

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