Ars Dial Rules, Route Groups, And Facility Groups; Overview Of Ars - Inter-Tel AXXESS Manual

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H. ARS DIAL RULES, ROUTE GROUPS, AND FACILITY GROUPS

Overview of ARS

9.48 Each node has its own ARS programming. ARS is programmed using route groups and
facility groups:
9.49 Route Groups: A route group contains dialing patterns and facility groups.
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The dialing patterns are used to determine the calls that will be routed through the route
group. For example, the default dial pattern for Route Group 1 is N+, any number of
digits beginning with digit 2-9 for the U.S. [digit 2-9, 345+, 0500+, 0645+, and 0800+
for Europe]. If a number is dialed that begins with 1, it will not be routed through this
route group.
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Each route group has an ordered list of facility groups that contain lists of local trunk
groups and/or nodes. There can be 100 facility groups in the system. The facility groups
should be programmed so that the least-expensive route is checked and, if available, is
selected first. If the least-expensive facility group is not available the system checks the
other groups in the list until it finds an available trunk.
9.50 Facility Groups: A facility group contains trunk group/node lists and dial rules.
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The list can include local trunk groups or nodes. (They cannot contain node trunk
groups.)
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The dial rules tell the system what to dial. (The system can have up to 32 dial rules, 26
of which are programmable. Each facility group can use up to 32 dial rules.) For exam-
ple, if the selected route group requires that the number contain "1" but no area code
[national dialing in Europe], the dial rules include the 1 and drop the area code (national
dialing). The modified telephone number can contain up to 32 digits. (If SMDR is
enabled, the modified telephone number, not the digits dialed, will appear in the SMDR
call record.) When programming ARS, you can use preset dial rules or create new dial
rules that add up to 16 digits each. The pre-programmed dial rules are listed on
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9.51 Because users do not have direct access to trunks on other node, ARS is the only way
users can place calls using the other nodes' trunks.
9.52 ARS calls are limited to one "hop" to another node. If the system routes an outgoing
call to another node, the other node cannot route the outgoing call to any other node. This elim-
inates the system from getting into an infinite loop searching for a node to route the outgoing
call.

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