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Voxalot routing incoming calls by dialled number
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| I'd like to have some sip devices registered to my voxalot account, and
have incoming calls routed to one or other of them according to the
number being dialled. This seems such an obvious requirement that I'm
sure it must be obvious, but I can't see where to set it up.
Any suggestions?
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| Herman 2007-12-18, 7:11 pm |
| "Iain" <no-one@hairydog.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I'd like to have some sip devices registered to my voxalot account, and
> have incoming calls routed to one or other of them according to the number
> being dialled. This seems such an obvious requirement that I'm sure it
> must be obvious, but I can't see where to set it up.
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> Any suggestions?
http://forum.voxalot.com will probably give you more wide ranging answers.
However Voxalot does not work in the way you envisage.
Assuming the devices have different public IP addresses (and they are
dynamic), you could use someone like dyndns.org to register each IP and then
forward calls to a sip address based on that domain (e.g.
sip:123456@mydomain.com works on a Fritz!Box, where 123456 is your Voxalot
user name and mydomain.com is the domain registered with dyndns). If you
have a static public IP then you could just use the form
sip:123456@123.123.123.123.
If all your devices are registered using the same public IP address, then it
is a bit more complicated. I won't spend the time going into this, just in
case the above has answered your question.
This is only one idea. With a few more details about precisely what you are
trying to acheieve, I am sure people can and will suggest other ways as
well.
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| Graham. 2007-12-18, 7:11 pm |
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"Iain" <no-one@hairydog.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I'd like to have some sip devices registered to my voxalot account, and
> have incoming calls routed to one or other of them according to the number
> being dialled. This seems such an obvious requirement that I'm sure it
> must be obvious, but I can't see where to set it up.
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> Any suggestions?
If the number dialled = a voip account, then you could assign each
provider to a separate voxalot account and point each of your devices
towards the relevant one. This presumes that you have some other
reason to use Voxalot in the first place, like outgoing call routing.
I do something similar, but for a different reason,
I use two voxalot accounts so I can make "internal"
calls between the phones connected to the two ports
of my PAP2 ATA.
Lets say my two Voxalot accounts are 123456 and 654321
So account 123456 has an entry in the dial plan thus:
pattern _10
replacement ${EXTEN:2}654321
provider voxalot
and account 654321 has the reciprocal
pattern _10
replacement ${EXTEN:2}123456
provider voxalot
The rest of the dialplan is identical on both accounts for
outgoing call routing, incoming calls are not catered for
except calls from the other handset; dialling 10 on either
rings the other, using Voxalot as a free PABX.
I suppose someone else could call me via Voxalot, but it's never
happened yet.
--
Graham
%Profound_observation%
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| Brian A 2007-12-19, 7:11 am |
| On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:31:57 +0000, Iain <no-one@hairydog.co.uk>
wrote:
>I'd like to have some sip devices registered to my voxalot account, and
>have incoming calls routed to one or other of them according to the
>number being dialled. This seems such an obvious requirement that I'm
>sure it must be obvious, but I can't see where to set it up.
>
>Any suggestions?
If I understand you correctly then this is simple.
You set up the providers you want to use in the providers section on
Voxalot. You'll need the appropriate account to do that of course.
Then, in the 'Call forwarding' section, enter the pattern of the
incoming number (or common pattern covering a group of numbers) and
select the option, as appropriate, from the drop down box.
Then simply set that incoming number to forward to the SIP
address/number of your choice. The provider used to route the call is
decided by the dial plan for the call type.
However, if you wanted to use a different account, for the same call
type, all you would do is precede your forwarding number with a code.
The dial plan recognises this code, strips it off, and then uses the
provider of your choice to forward the call.
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| Iain wrote:
> I'd like to have some sip devices registered to my voxalot account, and
> have incoming calls routed to one or other of them according to the
> number being dialled.
Either I'm misunderstanding the responses, or I didn't ask the question
clearly enough.
I want to use voxalot for outward call routing. I want to have voxalot
register with different provider accounts, and to then forward the
incoming calls to one or other devices or phone numbers.
The problem is not how to forward the calls to the right endpoint: that
doesn't seem difficult. The difficulty is how to get voxalot to try to
forward them to different places.
It could be on the basis of the provider account that the call is coming
from, or it could be on the basis of the number that the incoming caller
dialled. I don't mind.
But I can't see how to set either up in voxalot. I can have a dial plan
for outgoing calls, but it appears to treat all incoming calls the same
way. Or am I missing something?
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| Brian A wrote:
> Then, in the 'Call forwarding' section, enter the pattern of the
> incoming number (or common pattern covering a group of numbers)
This sounds like the answer I was looking for!
I'd misunderstood the label on that setting.
Thanks.
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| Brian A 2007-12-20, 7:11 am |
| On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:03:04 +0000, Iain <no-one@hairydog.co.uk>
wrote:
>Iain wrote:
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>Either I'm misunderstanding the responses, or I didn't ask the question
>clearly enough.
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>I want to use voxalot for outward call routing. I want to have voxalot
>register with different provider accounts, and to then forward the
>incoming calls to one or other devices or phone numbers.
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>The problem is not how to forward the calls to the right endpoint: that
>doesn't seem difficult. The difficulty is how to get voxalot to try to
>forward them to different places.
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>It could be on the basis of the provider account that the call is coming
>from, or it could be on the basis of the number that the incoming caller
>dialled. I don't mind.
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>But I can't see how to set either up in voxalot. I can have a dial plan
>for outgoing calls, but it appears to treat all incoming calls the same
>way. Or am I missing something?
Yes you are missing something. It is as I stated before. You need to
look in the 'Call Forwarding' section.
I'll illustrate if that makes it simpler....
Let's say you have a friend who has the telephone number
01274567890, that is Bradford 567890. You want to route this to
01132345678 thats Leeds 2345678.
You want to route the call at all times.
1. Click on 'Call Forwarding'.
2. Click ADD
3. Under 'Matching Rule':-
3.1 Select 'Match by Inbound Number'
3.2 Equals 01274567890
4. Under 'Time Rule':-
Select: 'Day Every'
'Start Time 00:00
'End Time 23:59'
5. Under 'Handling Logic'
Select 'Phone Number'
Enter 01132345678
Choose 'Smart Call' for your dial plan to decide how the call
is routed or choose a particular provider.
If you want to route to different numbers at different times then just
repeat the above for the additional times.
If you want all Bradford numbers to be routed 3.2 would become
'Begins with 01274'
Hope this helps !
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| Brian A wrote:
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> Hope this helps !
It does, thanks. I had wrongly assumed that "Inbound Number" was the
number of the phone calling, but your exp;lanation makes it clear that
it is the number that was dialled.
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| Brian A pretended :
> 01132345678 thats Leeds 2345678
Which is, in actual fact, a real number - First Direct.
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| Brian A 2007-12-25, 7:11 pm |
| On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:58:48 GMT, Jono <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid>
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>Brian A pretended :
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>Which is, in actual fact, a real number - First Direct.
Purely by accident I assure you - no ad. intended :-)
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| Hongtian 2007-12-26, 7:11 am |
| On 18 Dec, 08:31, Iain <no-...@hairydog.co.uk> wrote:
> I'd like to have some sip devices registered to my voxalot account, and
> have incoming calls routed to one or other of them according to the
> number being dialled. This seems such an obvious requirement that I'm
> sure it must be obvious, but I can't see where to set it up.
>
> Any suggestions?
I suggest you to try miniSipServer. It runs on windows platform. For
your deployment, I think you can use MSS to connect to your VOIP
carrier and connect your SIP phones to MSS. Then, MSS can be able to
route different call to different SIP phones according to the
configurations.
MSS support powerful dialing plan function. It is very easy to route
different incoming call to different local users with "called number
analysis" and "transition".
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| Hongtian wrote:
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> I suggest you to try miniSipServer. It runs on windows platform.
That's a pity. Rules it out for me. I don't have any servers running
Windows.
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> your deployment, I think you can use MSS to connect to your VOIP
> carrier and connect your SIP phones to MSS. Then, MSS can be able to
> route different call to different SIP phones according to the
> configurations.
That would mean that calls from outer sites would have to come in and go
back out across my ADSL line. Not really a very sensible option when I
can run something on a server in a well-connected rack.
> MSS support powerful dialing plan function. It is very easy to route
> different incoming call to different local users with "called number
> analysis" and "transition".
That's probably true. But It'd not justify running a Windows server.
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| Paul Cupis 2007-12-26, 1:11 pm |
| Iain wrote:
> Hongtian wrote:
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> That's a pity. Rules it out for me. I don't have any servers running
> Windows.
It may be that OpenSER will suit your requirements, but it may be overkill.
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