ciscoguy

Okay, I'm actually in the lab now trying to work this out. The calls are all going through as Private/National. We turned on INAC on the routes, I can't really see what effect that had however. I also don't see what the HLOC accomplishes, though I think I know what it's supposed to accomplish (recognition of a local number when AC2+LOC is dialed, or comes in on a trunk, right?)

One thing that I'm confused about right off is if I strip the LOC digits with a DMI, how will my voice gateway know where to route the call? Won't this strip the LOC for any AC2+LOC number I dial, or am I using the DMI incorrectly? Currently my only DMI strips nothing and inserts an 8, if I strip the LOC then the gateway doesn't get the LOC at all, which means it won't know how to route it.

Just so I have things straight in my head, how should the calls come in to the PBX and leave the PBX? Here's what I'm expecting now:

PBX -> Gateway - PBX sends "8LOCXXXX"
Gateway -> PBX - Gateway sends "8LOCXXXX"

I have the PBX-> Gateway working the way I expect because I have a DMI to insert an 8 and it leaves the LOC alone. It doesn't recognize a number as "local" if the LOC=HLOC however, I don't know if this is supposed to work or not.

The Gateway->PBX I thus far have had to strip the 8+LOC at the gateway and just deliver the 4-digit extension, I have yet to figure out how to get this working.

Also, I'd like the callING number to reflect the full number with LOC (and preferrably the access code as well), but I'm not sure what the best way is to make this happen. Now the calling number is always just the person's 4-digit extension, which will cause problems with our centralized voicemail system (and users won't be too happy either).

I'll be working on this again on Thursday, if we're still having trouble I'll be sure to post the relevant portions of the Meridian config since we seem to be missing some things.

Thanks very much for your help, I apologize if I'm asking stupid questions or questions that don't make sense, I'm pretty new to Meridian (and some PBX concepts) but trying desperately to understand... as you can guess I'm coming from the data side. Our Meridian person I'm working with has never worked with LOC codes before, and is used to small phone networks with MCDN trunks, so this is a good learning experience for both of us.