Multitech 810-FX Fax Machine User Manual


 
Chapter4ConfiguringYourMultiVOIP
58 MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways
H.323CallSignalingParameterDefinitions.
FieldName Values Description
UseFastStart Y/N EnablestheH.323FastStartprocedure.Mayneedtobeenabled/disabledfor
compatibilitywiththirdpartyVOIPgateways.
SignalingPort port Default:1720(H.323)
RegisterwithGatekeeper Y/N CheckthisfieldtohavetrafficoncurrentVOIPgatewaycontrolledbyagatekeeper.
AllowIncomingCalls
ThroughGatekeeperOnly
Y/N Whenselected,incomingcallsareacceptedonlyifthosecallscomethroughthe
gatekeeper.
GateKeeperRASParameters
PrimaryGK ‐‐ Thisisthepreferredgatekeeperforcontrollingthetrafficofthe currentVOIP.
AlternateGK
1and2
‐‐ AfirstandasecondalternategatekeepercanbespecifiedforusebythecurrentVOIPfor
situationswherethePrimaryGKisbusyorotherwiseunavailable.
IPAddress n.n.n.n IPaddressoftheGateKeeper.
RASPort 1719 WellknownportnumberforGateKeepers.Mustmatchportnumber(1719).
GatekeeperName alpha
numeric
Optional.ThenameoftheGateKeeperwithwhichthisMultiVOIPistryingtoregister.A
primarygatekeeperandtwoalternateunitsarelisted.
RASTTLValue seconds TheH.323Gatekeeper“TimetoLive”value.AssoonasaMultiVOIPgatewayregisters
withagatekeeperacountdowntimerbegins.TheRASTTLValueistheintervalofthe
countdowntimer.BeforetheTTLcountdownexpires,theMultiVOIPgatewayneedsto
registerwiththegatekeeperinordertomaintaintheconnection.IftheMultiVOIPdoes
notregisterbeforetheTTLintervalexpires,theMultiVOIPgateway’sregistrationwith
thegatekeeperexpiresandthegatekeepernolongerpermitscalltraffictoorfromthat
gateway.Callsinprogresscontinuetofunctionevenifthegatewaybecomesde
registered
GatekeeperDiscovery
PollingInterval
integer
60‐300
TheintervalbetweentheVOIPgateway’ssuccessiveattemptstoconnecttoandbe
governedbyahigherlevelgatekeeper.ThePrimaryGKisthehighestlevelgatekeeper.
AlternateGK1issecond;AlternateGK2isthelowest.
UseOnlineAlternate
GatekeeperList
Whenselected,VOIPseeksanalternategatekeeper(whennoneofthe3gatekeepersshownonthis
windowareavailable)fromalist.ThelistresidesonthePrimarygatekeeperoroneoftheAlternate
gatekeepers.ThegatekeeperholdingthelistwoulddownloadthatlistontotheVOIPgatewayswithin
thesystem.
H.323Version4Options
H.323Multiplexing Y/N Signalingformultiplephonecallscanbecarriedonasingleportratherthanopeninga
separatesignalingportforeach.Thisconservesbandwidthresources.
H.245Tunneling(Tun) Y/N H.245messagesareencapsulatedwithintheQ.931callsignalingchannel.Amongother
things,theH.245messagesletthetwoendpointstelleachotherwhattheirtechnical
capabilitiesareanddeterminewho,duringthecall,istheclientandwhoistheserver.
TunnelingistheprocessoftransmittingtheseH.245messages
throughtheQ.931
channel.ThesameTCP/IPsocket(orlogicalport)alreadybeingusedfortheCallSignaling
ChannelisthenalsousedbytheH.245ControlChannel.Thisencapsulationreducesthe
numberoflogicalports(sockets)neededandreducescallsetuptime.
ParallelH.245
(FS+Tun)
Y/N FS(FastStart)isaQ.931featureofH.323v2tohastencallsetupaswellas‘preopening’
themediachannelbeforetheCONNECTmessageissent.Thispreopeningisa
requirementforcertainbillingactivities.UnderParallelH.245FS +Tun,thisFastConnect
featurecanoperatesimultaneously
withH.245Tunneling.
Annex–E(AE) Y/N MultiplexedUDPcallsignalingtransport.AnnexEishelpfulforhighvolumeVOIPsystem
endpoints.GatewayswithlesservolumecanaffordtouseTCPtoestablishcalls.
However,forlargervolumeendpoints,thecallsetuptimesandsystemresourceusage
underTCPcanbecomeproblematic.AnnexEallowsendpointsto
performcallsignaling
functionsundertheUDPprotocol,whichinvolvessubstantiallystreamlinedoverhead
(thisfeatureshouldnotbeusedonthepublicInternetduetopotentialproblemswith
securityandbandwidthusage).