How To Link Two Evolution Systems
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Step-by-step guide
Follow these steps to be bale to dial extensions between two Evolution PBX systems.
Note: Enterprise Edition automatically links systems and provides additional integration. - Browse to 'Resources' → 'Phone Lines' in your web interface:
- Select 'Add Phone Lines' and choose 'VoIP-Generic' from the list:
- Setup the following fields:
- Account ID: A Unique name to refer to the trunk, E.G.: TO_SITENAME
- MaxCalls: set this to unlimited
- Click Advanced checkbox
- Auth Type: Set to IP Only
- Proxy Address: Set this to IP Address of the other system
- Heartbeat: Disabled
- All other fields should remain at their default values.
- Setup the inbound routes.
- On the right hand side add a wildcard in the number field: _X. This will accept the inbound traffic and forward to the local dialplan.
- Point the new route at Custom Routing Rule 15091
- Save the record
- Browse to 'Resources' → 'Phone Lines' in your web interface:
- Browse to 'Call Routing' → 'Outbound Dialmap' in the Evolution web interface.
- Add a new route to route to the other PBX:
- Populate the following fields:
- Route Name: A Unique name to refer to the site, E.G.: ToSite1
- Outbound Dial String: Extension range at other site, For Example: _7XX
- Try First: VoIP Provider, choose the one you just created above
- Save the Record
- Goto 'Resources' → 'Profiles' in your web interface
- Add permission under Outbound Routes section in the profile that need access to the new route
- Save the record
Repeat these steps on each Evolution system with the appropriate subjective adjustments (the IP and extension range) to trunk them together.