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Add Location

Navigation: System Settings > Locations > Add/Edit Location

Click Add/Edit Location to open the Location page where you can provision a location. When you click Add/Edit Location, you are prompted to specify if the location will be a global object or specific to a server.

Configuring locations allows you to specify named locations for groups of phones, IP Office systems, or IP Trunks. The IP Office system must also be assigned a location. Multiple systems in an SCN or Server Edition group of systems may reside in the same location. In an SCN environment, locations must be configured at the top level and therefore, all systems must be configured with the same settings, except when the emergency ARS needs to be set at the system level.

Once locations have been defined, extensions can be allocated to them in the extension configuration. IP phones can be identified by the IP address that they register from. Each location can have only one subnet defined, but phones outside that subnet can be explicitly assigned that location.

The Location page allows you to define a physical location and associate a network address with a physical location. Locations can then be allocated to extensions. Linking a location to an extension, enables the physical location of a phone to be identified when an emergency call is made.

These settings are mergeable. Changes to these settings do not require a reboot of the system.

Field Description
Location Name Default = Blank.

A meaningful location name, clearly identifying the geographical position of the phone.

Location ID Default = Based on existing configured locations, the next incremental value is assigned.

This field is read only.

Subnet Address Default = Blank.

The IP address associated with this location. The subnet where this IP address resides must be unique across all configured locations.

Subnet Mask Default = Blank.

The subnet mask for this IP address.

Emergency ARS Default = None.

The ARS (Alternate Route Selection) that defines how emergency calls from this location are routed. The drop down list contains all available ARS entries using the format ARS Route ID: Route Name. For example 50: Main.

Parent Location for CAC Default = None.

The options are:

  • None The default setting.

  • Cloud The parent location is an internet address external to the IP Office network. When set to Cloud, the Call Admission Control (CAC) settings are disabled. Calls to this location from other configured locations are counted as external, yet no CAC limits are applied to the location itself.

Call Admission Control

The CAC settings, when not unlimited, restrict the number of calls into and out of the location, The following Call Admission Control settings can be configured.

Total Maximum Calls Default = Unlimited. Range = 1 - 99, Unlimited.

Limit of all calls to or from other configured locations and the cloud.

External Maximum Calls Default = Unlimited. Range = 1 - 99, Unlimited.

Limit of calls to or from the cloud in this location.

Internal Maximum Calls Default = Unlimited. Range = 1 - 99, Unlimited.

Limit of calls to or from other configured locations in this location.

NAT Considerations

(Not applicable to Web Manager)

Allow Direct Media within this location Default = Off.

Reserved for future use.

Time Settings
Time Zone Default = Same as System

Select a time zone from the list.

Local Time Offset from UTC Default is based on the currently selected time zone.

Set the time for this location by entering the offset from UTC.

Automatic DST Default is based on the currently selected time zone.

When set to On, the system automatically corrects for daylight saving time (DST) changes as configured in the Clock Forward/Back Settings below.

Clock Forward/Back Settings

(Start Date — End Date (DST Offset))

Default is based on the currently selected time zone.

Click Edit to configure the time and date for DST clock corrections. In the Daylight Time Settings window, you can configure the following information:

  • DST Offset: the number of hours to shift for DST.

  • Clock Forward/Back: Select Go Forward to set the date when the clock will move forward. Select Go Backwards to set the date when the clock will move backward.

  • Local Time To Go Forward: The time of day to move the clock forward or backward.

  • Date for Clock Forward/Back: Set the year, month and day for moving the clock forwards and backwards.

Once you click OK, the forward and back dates, plus the DST offset, are displayed using the format (Start Date — End Date (DST Offset)).

 
Fallback System Default = No override.

The drop down list contains all configured IP Office Lines and the associated IP Office system. The group of extensions associated with this location can fallback to the alternate system selected.