Cisco using Nortel Extensions.

[gregdeike]

Hope some can help me out on this. In my thinking it could work but I would rather be safe then to tell them out right it can be done. Read below to what they want to do. Any help or hints would be great. Thanks in advance.

Do the current PBX systems have the capability on the Uniform Dial Plan to tell a local extension that it is no longer local and send the call to a trunk group and send the extension to the Cisco PBX. If we can do this, I can use the same extension on the Cisco that is on the current PBX.

Currently, we transfer a call bound for the Cisco to a Cisco specific extension. What I am looking to do is duplicate the extension on the Cisco and have the current PBX regenerate the extension.

 

[Sympology]

I'm not sure how it's done (as it's done by our maintainers), but it is possible, maybe not how your planning.
We've slung a TeleVantage PBX on a ISDN30 connected to the Option 11.
If a call comes in on the Meridian for ext 1234, it no longer sends it down the phone, but down the ISDN trunk to the TV server, which then picks up the digits and passes the call to it's phones.

Vague, but hopefully will shed some light.

Only the truly stupid believe they know everything.
Stu.. 2004

 

[srmega41]

Do you need the same number on both systems? If not, simply use a DSC (Distant Steering Code), and remove the DN from the PBX. That way you can use the DSC to send the call down the trunk route connecting your PBX with the Cisco router.

If the number needs to exist on both, you will have to continue what you are doing, or use some form of digit manipulation. One way to do this is allow an extra digit in your CDP, then add a number to Cisco extensions as they are dialed from the PBX, so x1234 on the Cisco would be dialed 81234. Use a DMI to strip the 8, and the Cisco sees 1234. I know you can do the same on the Cisco going back towards the PBX. This would allow you to have 1234 exist on both system, and a dialing digit would determine which number you mean to dial.

Hope this helps,

Scott M.

 

[gregdeike]

That is what I was leaning to, thanks for the help on this.

 

[johnpoole]

as far the same dn, no. i can't have ext 4940 on my 3904 and on my cisco both ring when i dial 4940 from either system. you can with nortel voip. that's the only advantage of a single platform. at our site, i could not recogmend nortel voip over cisco eventough it cost us the sale. we have 400 plus cisco wireless with then using did's from the nortels did range. i just built dsc's to send the numbers to that route.. i forward no answer from tdm to the voip and that goes to mail (cp) and lights the msg lamp on either set. names and calling name id also work without a problem.. scotts work around will work, but you dial a steering code, 84940 for cisco 4940 for the nortel. those two could not share a did. your cisco did's would have to be in the idc, change 4940 to 84940 and that would did to the cisco

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[gregdeike]

Can you post how you set this up using DSC. Thanks Johnpoole.

 

[johnpoole]

are you using a fixed range of dn's? and are these vacant dn's now?

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[gregdeike]

This is going to be a fixed range and some current Nortel Extension that will be taken out of the Nortel and sent directly to the Cisco.

 

[johnpoole]

first build a new rli in ld 86,

>ld 86
ESN000
REQ  prt
CUST 0
FEAT rlb
RLI  13

RLI  13
ENTR 0
LTER NO
[COLOR=red]ROUT 13[/color]
TOD  0 ON  1 ON  2 ON  3 ON
     4 ON  5 ON  6 ON  7 ON
VNS  NO
CNV  NO
EXP  NO
[COLOR=red]FRL  0[/color]
DMI  0
FCI  0
FSNI 0
SBOC NRR
IDBB DBA
IOHQ NO
OHQ  NO
CBQ  NO

ENTR 1
LTER NO
ROUT 101
TOD  0 ON  1 ON  2 ON  3 ON
     4 ON  5 ON  6 ON  7 ON
VNS  NO
CNV  NO
EXP  NO
FRL  1
DMI  0
FCI  0
FSNI 0
SBOC NRR
IDBB DBD
IOHQ NO
OHQ  NO
CBQ  NO

ISET 0
NALT 5
MFRL 0
OVLL 0

[note: the frl is zero because i do not want internal stations blocked and i want my local and ld trunks to use it, they can be any ncos higher then the frl of that rlb..

then in ld 87, point your dn's to that rlb, you can send a single number, or a range.. in this switch i send 1300 to 1399 with this entry..

OVL000
>ld 87
ESN000

MEM AVAIL: (U/P): 11668019    USED U P: 2953709 713695    TOT: 15335423
DISK SPACE NEEDED: 1241 KBYTES
2MB BACKUP DISKETTE(S) NEEDED: 1  (PROJECTED LD43 - BKO)
REQ  prt
CUST 0
FEAT cdp
TYPE dsc
DSC  13
DSC  13
FLEN 0
DSP  LSC
[COLOR=red]RLI  13[/color]
NPA
NXX

since that is loop 13, the dn's the route, the rlb and the rdb as well as the dch all are 13... when i have a problem with a 1300 number, makes my life simple..




john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[gregdeike]

how would I point a single dn...like 6889. There is about 15 single users that they are going to move their current Nortel extension to the Cisco and just use the Cisco instead of having two phones on their desk...thus doing away with their Nortel phone.

 

[MG2005]

your DSC will be 6889, the whole number...and you'll make 15 of them, all individual steering codes one for each unique extension

if you have any contiguos DN's you could cut down on teh DSC's..like if youhave 6880 - 6889 you could just make a 688 DSC and all 10 DN's would work off that one DSC

 

[gregdeike]

You guys rock, Thanks for all the help!!! Cheers.....