Create the Dialing Plan file on the provisioning server
51Entering a SIP URI address, however, is inconvenient for an IP Phone with
SIP Firmware unless a USB keyboard is attached. Also, the user must explicitly press the send key (or use some method
to indicate the end of theURI) to indicate the completion of the SIP address. This is not something that the user is accustomed to in a traditional PBX environment.
The alternative is to use a URI where numbers are used to reach the far end. Using different access codes, the IP Phone with SIP Firmware translates the digits entered into something that the server can understand and remaps the number entered into different URIs. Some of the numbers are mapped as intercom calls, some numbers are mapped as local Public
Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) calls, and some numbers are mapped as public long-distant calls.
The issue is that until the IP Phone itself
can determine the type of call, no
SIP INVITE message is sent. This is where the dialing plan comes into effect. The call type is determined by the dialing plan. Based on the rules defined in the dialing plan, once a match has been identified, the IP Phone
1140E with SIP Firmware sends the invite without the need to press the send key. This behavior closely matches the traditional PBX operation.
The IP Phone E with SIP Firmware design places no restriction in the format of the SIP URI. The dialing plan is a scheme to match the user experience with traditional PBX operation. It
does not restrict the type ofURI that the user can use.
The IP Phone E with SIP Firmware uses a dialing plan to recognize a callas an emergency call when it sends an INVITE. The dialing plan can have multiple emergency numbers. Seethe chapter "Emergency 911 -Operator control of disconnect" (page for information on the handling of
Emergency 911 calls by the IP Phone E with SIP firmware.
The following is an example of a dialing plan.
SIP Firmware Release 1.1 for IP Phone E Administration
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