Add a Voice Card Feature Template
A voice card feature template configures analog interfaces, which provide configuration settings for ports on voice cards in routers.
When you add a voice card feature template, you configure the type of voice card you are configuring, port information for the card, and parameters for the service that you receive from your service provider.
To add a voice card feature template:
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Choose
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In the Feature tab, click Add Template.
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Select the supported device to which you want to add voice services.
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In the right pane, select Voice Card from the Unified Communications templates.
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In the Template Name field, enter a name for the template.
This field may contain uppercase and lowercase letters, digits 0 through 9, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
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In the Description field, enter a description for the template.
This field can contain any characters and spaces.
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Click New Analog Interface and configure interface options as described in the following table.
You can add as many analog interfaces as needed.
Click Add after you configure each analog interface.
If any analog interfaces are already configured, they appear in the interfaces table on this page. To edit an interface, click its pencil icon in the Action column, edit the options in the window that pops up as described in the following table, and then click Save Changes. To delete an interface, click its trash can icon in the Action column.
Option
Description
Cisco IOS CLI Equivalent
Module
Select the type of voice module that is installed in the router.
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Module Slot/Sub-slot
Enter the slot and sub-slot of the voice module.
voice-card slot/subslot
Use DSP
Enable this option if you want to use the built-in DSPs on the network interface module for TDM hairpin calls.
no local-bypass
Port Type
Select the type of ports on the voice module that you are configuring for this interface (FXS or FXO). You can select All to define the port type for all ports of the selected type, or Port Range to define the port type for a specified range of ports.
Using Port Range, you can create analog interfaces as described later in this procedure to configure different ranges of ports.
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Description
Enter a description of the selected port or ports. For example, fax machine or paging system.
description string
Secondary Dialtone
Available if you select FXO from the Port Type drop-down list.
Set to On if you want the selected ports to generate a secondary dial tone when callers access an outside line.
secondary dialtone
Connection PLAR
Enter the Private Line Automatic Ringdown extension to which the selected ports forward inbound calls.
connection plar digits
OPX
Available if you select FXO from the Port Type drop-down list.
Check this option if you want to enable Off-Premises Extension for the PLAR extension.
connection plar opx digits
Signal Type
Select the Signal Type that indicates an on-hook or off-hook condition for calls that the ports receive. Options are Loopstart, Groundstart, or DID. The DID option is available if you select FXS from the Port Type drop-down list.
signal {groundstart | loopstart}
signal did {delay-dial | immediate | wink-start}
Caller-ID Enable
Available if you select a signal type of Loopstart or Groundstart.
Set to ON if you want to enable caller ID information for inbound calls.
caller-id enable
DID Signal Mode
Available if you select a signal type of DID.
Choose the mode for the DID signal type (Delay Dial, Immediate, or Wink Start).
Default: Wink Start.
signal did {delay-dial | immediate | wink-start} Shutdown
Set to ON if you want to shut down ports that are not being used.
Default: Off.
shutdown
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Click Save.
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(Optional) If you want to configure more analog interfaces for this template, select Edit for the template from the More Actions menu, and then repeat Steps 7 and 8.
, select the Feature tab, selectYou can configure as many analog interfaces as needed.