
ISDN gateway administration
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partly as a voice-only gateway: where incoming ISDN video-conferencing calls are allowed, but
outgoing ISDN calls are voice only (or vice-versa)
dial plan configuration: where particular calls (ingoing and outgoing) are allowed to be video-
conferencing calls, and where particular calls are restricted to voice-only
IP to ISDN calls
IP endpoints sometimes do not allow the caller to specify the type of call being made. For example, a caller
may want to make a telephone call (that is, voice only), but are unable to specify that this is a telephone call.
To overcome this problem, if required, the ISDN gateway can extract the voice part of the call and forward
it to the ISDN network as a voice-only call. For IP to ISDN calls, if the ISDN gateway receives a video-
conferencing call that has been restricted to being a voice-only call (due to the settings on the ISDN
gateway), the unit will forward it as a voice-only call (the call will not be dropped). If the IP endpoint does
allow call type to be specified, an IP telephone call will always be placed as such.
ISDN to IP calls
ISDN endpoints usually allow a caller to specify the type of call being made. This is important, because with
ISDN calls the voice part of the call cannot be separated from the video part. Therefore, if the ISDN
gateway receives a video-conferencing call and the dial plan restricts the ISDN gateway to voice-only calls,
the unit will drop the call. Voice-only telephone calls will always be accepted by the ISDN gateway.
For more information, refer to “Using the ISDN gateway for Voice-Only Calls”.
Monitoring calls
The ISDN gateway provides details about call activity and port activity:
To display the basic settings for active and recently completed calls, go to ISDN > ISDN calls. The
ISDN Calls List is displayed. You can disconnect active calls and delete completed calls from the list.
See the online help topic “Displaying ISDN calls list”
To display detailed call information for active calls, go to ISDN > ISDN Calls and click more for the call
about which you want more information. See the online help topic “Displaying detailed call
information”
To display port activity for each ISDN channel on an ISDN port-by-port basis, go to ISDN > ISDN
ports
. See the online help topic “Displaying ports utilization”
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