DracoFelis
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Re: [Equipment] Useful Sipura tricks...
said by devil24  :Now, can this 'multiple providers in one line' trick work on a SPA-2002??? if so, can you please post a more detailed example of how to set it up???. I'm currently subscribed to 3 services, all running from my SPA-2002 and having to erase/edit any of the 2 active ones every time I want to use the other one is a PITA, I don't have an SPA-2002, but as far as I know the SPA-2002 has pretty much the same features as the SPA-2000 (which I do have).
So I think the answer is that the SPA-2002 can do about as much as the SPA-2000 can. Specifically, that would mean that providers that let you call their subscribers without authorization (such as FWD or SIPphone) can be used with appropriate "Dial Plan" tricks (shown above). But as far as I'm aware, you need an SPA-3000 to use any of the "gateway" tricks that allow multiple providers that require a username/password on the same "phone".
BTW: It was the "gateway" (multiple providers WITH authorization, on the same "phone") features, that were a strong reason why I recently purchased my SPA-3000 (from voxilla.com), despite the fact that I already owned a properly functioning SPA-2000. The SPA-3000 really does give you more options than many of the other Sipura models. OTOH it's not as if my investment in my SPA-2000 is totally wasted either. I can still use the SPA-2000 if/when I ever want to setup a "remote extension", and I will probably also make use of it if/when I ever setup an * box. And I may even experiment (at some point) with hooking the SPA-2000's ports into the "Line port" of the newer SPA-3000 (doing so should "in theory" allow for even more providers on the same "phone", than you can do with just the SPA-3000 by itself).
[EDIT]: As to your example, here goes. Just keep in mind that the "gateway" features are SPA-3000 specific (and won't work on say an SPA-2000)!
You first setup your primary "Line 1" provider normally (including "registration" with their SIP proxy). Choose your primary provider carefully, as that is the only provider your SPA-3000 will allow inbound calls from (unless you do clever tricks with forwarding and/or hooking up another ATA to the "Line port"). In my case, I use FWD as my "primary", as all my pay providers are currently not supplying inbound DIDs (and so FWD is the only provider I currently need to "ring" the phone).
For the other 4 outbound providers, you setup the "Line 1" (again SPA-3000 only) providers as follows:
The "Gateway x:" field gets "userid@proxy" (NOTE: It's non-obvious from the docs, but you really need the "userid @ the_proxy_address" in the gateway field, not just the proxy address!). The "GWx Auth ID:" ID gets your userid (yes, you need it in this field by itself, and part of the gateway field info). The "GWx NAT Mapping Enable:" field gets whatever your desired NAT setting is (in my case "Yes"). And the "GWx Password:" field obviously gets the password for that provider.
Once you have the Gateway fields (there are 4 of them, allowing for up to 4 additional "authorized" outbound providers) filled in, the only other step is to modify the "Dial Plan" to pick when you want to use that "gateway". For example, I have DialPad.com in my "gateway 1", so I use the following to send most LD calls to DialPad:
1[2-9]xx[2-9]xxxxxxS0 <:@GW1>
1 800 [2-9]xxxxxx S0 <:@GW2> | 1 888 [2-9]xxxxxx S0 <:@GW2> | 1 877 [2-9]xxxxxx S0 <:@GW2>
* | 1 866 [2-9]xxxxxx S0 <:@GW2>
(*) WARNING 1 long line(s) split
BTW: While I haven't played with it yet, the "Line port" is considered "gateway 0". So if you wanted to send 911 calls to the "Line port" (for example, if you hooked up the line port to a POTS line), you could probably use the following in your "Dial Plan":
NOTE: I think the 911 example is correct, but as I've already mentioned, I haven't tested it yet! |
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