PRI and lines

[vyrys]

I'm a little bit of a rookie on this procedure so any help would be appreciated.

We currently have a PRI with I guess 23 available channels.
I believe our Merlin Magix is only programmed for about 13 or so of those to be used.
This has never been an issue as we were a smaller business, but we are expanding.

I can fumble around and probably figure out how to get them in the group but don't want to screw something up.

How would I get all available lines to be used for incoming/outgoing calls?

thanks!

 

[TouchToneTommy]

Start by checking with your carrier and see if that is a fractional PRI with only 13 channels, or a full 23 channel PRI and for some reason you're not programmed to use all of them. If you program for 23 and they are only set for 13, then calls will be attempted on channels that won't accept calls, or calls would come in on channels that the Magix is not set to accept calls in on.


Just do a Print of your PRI info, and your Trunk General info, to see which pool and B-channels group to add the new channels to, then check the FAQ section of this forum for a step by step guide.

 

[vyrys]

ok......

completed these steps:

5. Program B-Channels into B- Channel Group:
PRI>>B-Channel Group>>B-Channel>>When prompted for B-channel group, type 1 + Enter>>When prompted for B-Channels, enter in the form:
Slot/channel(sspp); Starting with B-Channel 23 and working down to B-Channel 1. Example: if slot is 4, type 0423, enter, 0422, enter, 0421, enter, etc.
Return to B-Channel Group menu.

6. Program PRI Trunks into B Channel Group:
>> Lines>>when prompted for B-Channel group, type 1+ Enter>>enter line trunks (1st 23 only, starting from bottom working up). Return to B-Channel Group menu. (Use Entry Mode if necessary)

below is a print out of what is showing after the changes:
Guess I need to get them in 70?

A GENERAL TRUNK INFORMATION



A QCC QCC Extern
A Trk SS/PP RemAccess Pool TlPrfx HldDisc Principal Prty Oper Switch
A 801 1/ 1 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 802 1/ 2 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 803 1/ 3 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 804 1/ 4 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 805 2/ 1 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 806 2/ 2 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 807 2/ 3 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 6 2/ 4 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 809 3/ 1 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 810 3/ 2 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 811 3/ 3 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 812 3/ 4 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 813 12/ 1 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 814 12/ 2 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 815 12/ 3 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 816 12/ 4 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 817 12/ 5 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 818 12/ 6 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 819 12/ 7 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 820 12/ 8 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 821 12/ 9 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 822 12/10 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 823 12/11 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 824 12/12 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 825 12/13 No Remote 70 Yes Long 4
A 826 12/14 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 827 12/15 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 828 12/16 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 829 12/17 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 830 12/18 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 831 12/19 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 832 12/20 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 833 12/21 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 834 12/22 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 835 12/23 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 836 12/24 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 837 0/ 0 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 838 0/ 0 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 839 0/ 0 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 840 0/ 0 No Remote Yes Long 4
A 841 0/ 0 No Remote Yes Long 4

 

[TouchToneTommy]

EXCEPT for 841, that is the D channel

 

[vyrys]

ok..
I just put 826 thru 836 in pool 70

that should be 23 total.

is that good?

 

[TouchToneTommy]

Yes, does it work? Are you able to get 23 concurrent calls?

 

[TouchToneTommy]

Take 836 out of Pool 70 - that is the D channel, I mis-read your trunk report above.

 

[vyrys]

actually that was a typo.... I only put up to 835 in pool 70.

As mentioned, we are a growing organization. So right now, only the busiest of days would get us that many concurrent calls.

Is there a way to see how many are in use in the system? Or do we just need to call several outside numbers (cellphones etc.)?

 

[TouchToneTommy]

Everybody get together and start making simultaneous calls!!

 

[vyrys]

We'll give that a try.

Thanks TTT!!!

 

[csancho79]

Hi, kind of going through same issues so had some additional questions.

I was following the guide in FAQ and was wondering if I should follow steps at both the Merlin-Ntwk and Merlin-PBX?

Currently I'm trying to use trunk on Switch-Merlin-Ntwk side for routing calls from Switch-Merlin-PBX side over tie-trunk to make outside calls on(xxx)xxx-1811 number. B-channel assigned lines are 813-835 which are all on Pool 892(Tie-Trunk). Do I put (xxx)xxx-1811 on both the "PhoneNumber" and "NumberToSend" for lines 813-835 on B-Channel Group?

Also Incoming Routing is set to "Route Directly to UDP" but the FAQ recommends Dial by Call, with Network Service set as Call by Call. We have NtwkServ as ElectTandNtwk. Can I change it to Dial by Call and not affect the rest of the system? Just don't want to mess anything up as phone system is pretty fuctional.

I'm having a hard time understanding conceptually how the systems talk to each other to execute an extension being used to dial out on the Merlin from the other side. Do we just basically mirror the B channel group on both boxes, including the "Phone Number" and "NumberToSend"?

A PRI INFORMATION
A Slot 5 Switch: MERLIN-Ntwk
A System: By extension Base number:

A BchnlGrp #: Slot: TestTelNum: NtwkServ: Incoming Routing:
A 80 5 831 ElecTandNtwk Route Directly to UDP

A Channel ID: 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
A 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
A 3 2 1
A Line PhoneNumber NumberToSend
A 813
A 814
A 815 6318218091
A 816
A 817
A 818
A 819
A 820
A 821
A 822
A 823
A 824
A 825
A 826
A 827
A 828
A 829
A 830
A 831
A 832
A 833
A 834
A 835

A Network Selection Table

A Entry Number: 0 1 2 3
A Pattern to Match: 101**** 10***

A Special Service Table

A Entry Number: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
A Pattern to Match: 011 010 01 00 0 1
A Operator: none OP OP OP/P OP none none none
A Type of Number: I I I N N N N N
A Digits to Delete: 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0

A Call-By-Call Service Table

A Entry Number: 0 1 2 3 4
A Call Type: BOTH BOTH BOTH BOTH BOTH
A NtwkServ:
A PRI INFORMATION


A DeleteDigits: 0 0 0 0 0

A Entry Number: 5 6 7 8 9
A Call Type: BOTH BOTH BOTH BOTH BOTH
A NtwkServ:
A DeleteDigits: 0 0 0 0 0

A Dial Plan Routing Table

A Entry Number: 0 1 2 3
A NtwkServ:
A Expected Digits: 0 0 0 0
A Pattern to Match:
A Digits to Delete: 0 0 0 0
A Digits to Add: