User guide

Setting General Trunk Attributes
AltiWare OE System Administration Manual 71
Trunk Configuration
Configuring One or Multiple Trunks
To customize trunk characteristics, you work on one trunk at a time. To
apply the same configuration to multiple trunks, use the Apply To…
button. This pops up a list of all trunks, with all of the trunks selected by
default. De-select the trunks you don’t want to apply changes to, then click
OK. This applies changes to multiple trunks for only the attribute or
option that you changed.
Setting General Trunk Attributes
Select the channel to view its current attributes, as discussed the previous
page. You can then set or change the following attributes. If an option is
grayed out, it is not available for that type of trunk:
• Access Code—Access code to the selected trunk. If you need to use
access codes other than 9, you must first set this up on the Number
Plan window of System Configuration (page 24). This option is not
available for a DID trunk.
• Area Code—the local area code for each trunk. Enter a three-digit area
code. If left blank, the trunk assumes the home area code defined in the
General window of the System Configuration window. This
configuration is for each trunk in the system and will negatively affect
features such as Zoomerang if the area code is not configured
properly. This is not available for a DID trunk.
• Direction—the trunk direction can be Outgoing only, Incoming only,
Both Outgoing and Incoming, or for Paging.
Outgoing and Both are not available an analog Quantum DID trunk,
which is an Incoming trunk. The Both option is the system default.
Note that when incoming calls are received on an Outgoing only
trunk, they are immediately disconnected.
Paging is only available for analog (CO) trunks and is used for paging
or broadcasting purposes. This option enables a third party paging
device directly to the trunk port.
When this option is selected, the system assigns a default unused
paging ID. You can assign a different ID in the drop-down list. The
range of paging IDs are from 00 to 99, which allows AltiServ to be
connected to up to 100 paging systems through trunks for multi-zone