Paging Over FXO

[jcarter]

Does anyone know how to connect a paging system to a FXO port on a UC540?  Configuration?  I know there is something to do with dial peers but I don't know what.

[Glenn Quesenberry]

Jason, more details on this have already been posted to the Support Community here. Check that link and see if it helps to answer your questions and/or point you in the right direction.

[jcarter]

I saw that but it does not really say how to configure it.  It says "If FXO, you use a dial-peer as if you were dialing between sites."  What exactly does that mean?  I was kind of looking for examples of code or a way to configure it in CCA.

[Paul Santabarbara]

Jason, here is part of the config we used when having the CME dial to an ATA that in turn went out over the company paging system.

dial-peer voice 14 voip
description ** paging to ATA **
shutdown
destination-pattern 4271
session target ipv4:10.1.0.100
incoming called-number 4271
!
dial-peer voice 15 voip
description ** paging to ATA **
shutdown
destination-pattern 4272
session target ipv4:10.1.0.100
incoming called-number 4272

And:

ephone  59
device-security-mode none
mac-address 00XX.90XX.491X

after-hours exempt
max-calls-per-button 2
paging-dn 51 unicast
type ata
auto-line 1
button  1:190

[John Hoyt]

I'm struggling with this myself.

We have a UC540 connected to a Valcom 2001a via an FXO port.

I'm lost as to how to get the UC540 to simply lift the hook on that FXO port and route our audio to it.

I know this should be simple, and I did find a document, but it was not for the CCA.  Any help would be appreciated greately...

[johschaf]

Hello,

There is a few ways you can do this in CCA. First, create an outbound dial rule that has a number you want to use for the paging device. Then configure a new FXO trunk, with just the FXO paging port as a member, and configure the FXO trunk you just created to be used with only the outbound dial rule. The other option, is to convert the FXO into a CO line, put the CO line on the phones, and have the user's press the CO line button to seize the FXO line.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

-john

[John Hoyt]

Thanks John for that input....   We're going to give it a shot and see if that fixes it.  Hopefully tomorrow or the next day we can be back on location at the client's site....

Will let you know!