Setting The Dialing Rules - Polycom VS4000 Administrator's Manual

Setting the Dialing Rules

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If your system is connected to your organization's private network and also to a
public network, you may need to specify the codes and prefixes necessary for
dialing other systems. If your system is connected only to a public network, you
do not need to enter any dialing rules.
When you define dialing rules, your system's Address Book can display dialing
information about other videoconferencing systems correctly, including all of the
numbers, area codes, country codes, and international dialing access codes
necessary for making calls from this system. For example, if your system is in
Melbourne, the Address Book displays the correct numbers and codes for dialing
systems in Paris, New York, and Cape Town, just as they should be dialed from
Melbourne.
When you place a call using the Global Address Book, your system chooses the call
type using these guidelines:
If You Call From To This Network:
This Network:
Public Network Public Network
Public Network Private Network
Private Network Public Network
Private Network Private Network
To set the dialing rules:
1. Go to System Info > Admin Setup > LAN/H.323 > Global Address > Dialing
Rules 1.
2. Configure these Dialing Rules:
Setting
Number of Digits in
Extension
International Dialing
Prefix
Your System Places
the Call Using:
Public Network
Public Network
Public Network
Private Network
Description
Specifies the number of digits in the extension used to call other
systems with the same area code (or city code) and prefix.
For example, if your system's number is 1-512-555-1212 and
you can call a system at 1-512-555-1214 by entering 51214,
your extension has 5 digits.
Leave this field blank if the system is not connected to a PBX.
Specifies the prefix to use for placing international calls. This
prefix is automatically added to international calls made from the
Global Directory.
Note that this overrides the international dialing prefix for the
country specified in System Info > Admin Setup > General
Settings > Country.
Chapter 3 - Configuring Network Use
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