Multi-Tech Systems MVP 800 manual Changing the Phone Directory Database

Chapter 4 - MultiVOIP Software

Changing the Phone Directory Database

The Phone Directory Database dialog box displays all the phone numbers in your MultiVOIP network. The database displays the phone numbers in numerical order with the IP Address, Channel assignment, and Description.

Access this database by clicking Phone Book on the MultiVOIP Main menu. You can add, delete, or edit any entry in the database and you can change the host-client relationship of the database. Click Client Status to display the status of all the client units in your VOIP network. The Phone Number of each client displays with its IP Address, current line status, and the description of the phone number.

The phone number does not have to be a conventional phone number. For example, it does not have to be 555-1234. It can be a single digit or several digits, except it cannot be longer than the entry in the Max Dial Digits box in the Channel Setup dialog box. For example, you could enter a phone number of 101 with a description of New York Office, the phone number is assigned to channel

1.If you want the call to be rolled over to a second channel, you can enable Permit Hunting. If the assigned channel is busy, then the call is rolled over to the next channel.

The MultiVOIP Identification group defines the type of addressing (Dynamic or Static) for the host and client units for their respective Phone Numbers. The Phone Numbers assigned to the host MultiVOIP have to be Static addressing and the Phone Numbers assigned to the client MultiVOIP can be either dynamic or static depending on whether a Proxy Server is providing the connection to the Internet. If a Proxy Server is in front of the MultiVOIP providing the Internet connection and the Proxy Server is using dynamic addressing (the ISP is assigning the Proxy Server IP address), then this

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