Technical Configuration (Analog/BRI) MultiVOIP User Guide
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Voice/Fax Parameter Definitions (cont’d)
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
screen, AutoCall must be used.
The Offhook Alert option applies only
to FXS channels.
The Offhook Alert option works like
this: if a phone goes offhook and yet no
number is dialed within a specific
period of time (as set in the Offhook
Alert Timer field), then that phone will
automatically dial 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 screen. This tone
will be outputted on the phone that was
taken off hook but that did not dial.
The other end of the connection will
hear audio from the “crisis” end as is it
would during a normal phone call.