One voicemailbox for several extensions, but not all - with autoprovisioning

[Harald Gutmann]

Hello All,

I'm currently trying to setup a single voicemailbox for several extensions in an autoprovision setup.
As I don't want to point all extensions to the single voicemailbox I'm looking for a way to get MWI & provisioning for some phones beeing joined to a single voicemailbox.

MWI Indicator can be set in the devices list, creating a new vm for this use is also no real issue.
But autoprovisioning some devices with a different vm-url is what struggles me still.

Does anyone of you have a good idea/solution for this issue?

Thank you in advance for helping out!


Best regards,
Harald

 

[TheOperator]

Hi Harald,

these are the modifications I added to the {mac.cfg} files for my Yealink phones:

#######################################################################################
## AccountX Advance Settings ##
#######################################################################################
## ranges from 1 to 6;
##account.X.advanced.timer_t1 = 0.5
##voice_mail.number.X =
{if isset($voice_mail_number_line_1)}
voice_mail.number.1 = {$voice_mail_number_line_1}
{else}
voice_mail.number.1 = {$voicemail_number}
{/if}


You will have to add a similar block for the other lines.

If you use other phones, you must modify the config files accordingly.

This gives me the ability to set the vm per device via the settings options:




*96 refers to a custom dialplan which will pass the call on to the specified VM:




Regards,
Olaf

 

[Harald Gutmann]

Dear Olaf,

thank you very much for your idea & guideline how to implement that feature.
I really liked the way you managed to get that job done, and implemented it very similar for the GXV3275 phones which we are using.

It was just a few lines in the Provision Editor to have it done, and I personally would probably have choosen a much more difficult road to get it done.

Thank you for sharing!