Interconnections

Specific VoIP providers

Create an interconnection

There are three types of interconnections :

  • Customized
  • SIP
  • IAX

Customized interconnections

Customized interconnections are mainly used for interconnections using DAHDI or Local channels:

  • Name : it is the name which will appear in the outcall interconnections list,

  • Interface : this is the channel name (for DAHDI see DAHDI interconnections)

  • Interface suffix (optional) : a suffix added after the dialed number (in fact the Dial command will dial:

    <Interface>/<EXTEN><Interface suffix>
    
  • Context : currently not relevant

DAHDI interconnections

To use your DAHDI links you must create a customized interconnection.

Name : the name of the interconnection like e1_span1 or bri_port1

Interface : must be of the form dahdi/[group order][group number] where :

  • group order is one of :
    • g : pick the first available channel in group, searching from lowest to highest,
    • G : pick the first available channel in group, searching from highest to lowest,
    • r : pick the first available channel in group, going in round-robin fashion (and remembering where it last left off), searching from lowest to highest,
    • R : pick the first available channel in group, going in round-robin fashion (and remembering where it last left off), searching from highest to lowest.
  • group number is the group number to which belongs the span as defined in the /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf.

Warning

if you use a BRI card you MUST use per-port dahdi groups. You should not use a group like g0 which spans over several spans.

For example, add an interconnection to the menu Services ‣ IPBX ‣ Trunk management ‣ Customized

Name : interconnection name
Interface : dahdi/g0
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Debug

Interesting Asterisk commands:

sip show peers
sip show registry
sip set debug on

Caller ID

When setting up an interconnection with the public network or another PBX, it is possible to set a caller ID in different places. Each way to configure a caller ID has it’s own use case.

The format for a caller ID is the following "My Name" <9999> If you don’t set the number part of the caller ID, the dialplan’s number will be used instead. This might not be a good option in most cases.

Outgoing call caller ID

When you create an outgoing call, it’s possible to set the it to internal, using the check box in the outgoing call configuration menu. When this option is activated, the caller’s caller ID will be forwarded to the trunk. This option is use full when the other side of the trunk can reach the user with it’s caller ID number.

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When the caller’s caller ID is not usable to the called party, the outgoing call’s caller id can be fixed to a given value that is more use full to the outside world. Giving the public number here might be a good idea.

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A user can also have a forced caller ID for outgoing calls. This can be use full for someone who has his own public number. This option can be set in the user’s configuration page. The Outgoing Caller ID id option must be set to Customize. The user can also set his outgoing caller ID to anonymous.

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The order of precedence when setting the caller ID in multiple place is the following.

  1. Internal
  2. User’s outgoing caller ID
  3. Outgoing call
  4. Default caller ID