Detailed description of Administer location per station

Last Updated : Sep 25, 2023 |

Endpoints with the same Multiple Locations number share characteristics which are in general assigned over large geographic areas: time zone, digit analysis, compounding, call progress tone generation, loss plan, and analog line board parameters. In general, it is to assign one location number with respect to per area code or per major metropolitan area.

The Administer location per station feature adds a Location field on the Station screen that overrides most of the location administration associated with the station. The Location field is added for H.323 and SIP station types.

Note:

To use the Administer location per station feature with an H.323 softphone, administer the extension as an IP telephone type.

If the Location field on the Station screen is not blank, Communication Manager overrides the Location field of the following screens:

  • Media Gateway

  • IP Network Region

  • Stations with Off-PBX Telephone Integration screen, only when its Location field is blank.

If the Location field on the Station screen is blank, Communication Manager uses the following fields for location information:

  • The location of the PROCR.

  • The location of the IP Network Region for the IP addresses range of the telephone. The range is administered on the IP Network Map screen. The location is administered in the Location field of the IP Network Region screen.

  • The location of an Off-premises station (OPS) using OPTIM.

    • When the Location field on the Stations with Off-PBX Telephone Integration screen is administered to blank, OPTIM stations use the location of the incoming trunk.

    • If the incoming trunk is non-IP, Communication Manager uses the location of the trunk media module.

    • If the incoming trunk is IP, Communication Manager uses the location of the Far-end Network Region administered on the Signaling Group screen.