How to setup MGCP with route patterns

[CableMonkey]

Hi. I am new to CCM and have a few questions.

I have a CCM 4.1 with 10 remote sites connected via 2800’s. Each remote site has a small number of handsets that register with the remote CCM.

I want to use the existing POTS lines on the 2800 and have the phones call out their respective sites for off-net calls. I have already setup MGCP and the partitions/calling search spaces.

Do I need to setup a route pattern, route list and route group for each site? (or actually multiple RP, RL and RG or each site if I want to block certain calls?) Would I then assign a different partition to each route pattern in order to route calls out a particular site? This seems like a lot of work...looking for an easy way to this.

Thanks, -CM

 

[pndscm]

Do you want to do Toll ByPass or just send each remotes calls out their own Gateway? By Toll ByPass, I mean Site A calling a number that is LD to Site A but local to Site B so the call exits the system at Site B.
No matter if you do TBP or not, you will have multiple RP, RL, RG.

 

[CableMonkey]

Thanks pndscm. That’s what I was afraid of. Not looking to do toll-bypass, just routing calls out their own gateway. Since I want to get very granular with blocking specific area codes I won’t be able to just do “9@” for each site. I will need to create many route patterns for each site which could get tedious.

A couple more questions:

Can I use BAT to add Route patterns, List and Groups?
Can I use BAT to add gateways and endpoints?
How do I use Bat? Is there a good document that explains it?

 

[pndscm]

You can still do 9.@. You can get very granular using Route Filters. A lot of guys will groan but I use them almost exclusively. In that way you can make 1 or 2 Route Filters of blocked Area Codes and apply them to Route Patterns in each remotes' Partitions.
When I build a new system, I do minimum 4 Route Filters, Local, LD, Toll Free and Blocked Numbers. If I have 5 remotes, I can use these in all 5 remotes. In my Local RF, I have Local_Area_Code_Exists, in LD RF, Area_Code_Exists, Toll Free, Area_Code = 800, etc.
The biggest problem I've seen with RF's is people who try to do too much in one clause or specify unrelated information in 2 clauses of the same RF. I use up to 15 clauses in one RF before I split into 2 RF's. ALL clauses must be related. You can't specify an Area Code in 1 clause and an Office Code in the next claues of the same RF.
I think BAT will add Gateways but I never use it for that. It's just quicker for me to add them individually. I use a checklist for each remote and make sure all RG, RL, RP and RF's are added consistantly. Search Cisco.com for a document on BAT.