Inbound Routes

Information

The 'Inbound Routes' page lets you configure which destination FreePBX uses for calls coming from Trunks. When a call is recieved by Asterisk from a trunk, the DID and/or Caller ID is matched and the call is dispached as per your settings.

DID Number

For a SIP or IAX peer, this is usually your Account Number. If you have an account of '888123123', putting that in here will match calls coming from that provider. Leaving this blank will match 'any'.

CID Number

The Caller ID number sent to your machine. This is not something you should trust, as it is easily spoofable (both with Voice over IP and normal telephone lines). Leaving it blank will, again, match any.

You can leave both of these blank to match any call, from any caller.

Fax Handling

With these two options, you can manage the way faxes are received over this trunk. Note that VoIP and Faxing does not work well together, and you most probably will have problems.

Privacy Manager

Turn this on to ask for the callers Caller ID if not provided. This is useful for telemarketers, as they are loathe to divulge this information and will usually hang up.

Options

Immediate Answer

This picks up the phone as soon as it rings (With Zaptel lines, this happes after the Caller-ID is received, which may be up to three rings). It then generates any further 'ring' tones, if required, down the audio channel. Note that if you're using G729 or GSM, the rings will sound funny to the caller.

Pause After Answer

The number of seconds we should wait after performing an Immediate Answer. The primary purpose of this is to pause and listen for a fax tone before allowing the call to proceed.:

Alert Info

ALERT_INFO can be used for distinctive ring with certain SIP devices. The standard names are 'Bellcore-dr1' to 'Bellcore-dr7', Snom phones can additionaly use a http:// url of a WAV or MP3 file.

Set Destination

This is a standard destination option group.