Scheduled dial plans ?

[Dobbin]

Hi,
Sorry if this question has already been asked but I've been searching the forums and can't find anything relevant.

I'm interested in buying something like the SPA 3000 (i.e. more than 1 voip line and at least 1 PSTN line). However I would also like to have a dial plan on a time schedule;

all local or national out going calls between 6pm and 8am go out on the PSTN line
all local or national out going calls between 8am and 6pm go out on a VOIP line
all international calls go out on a VOIP line no matter what the the time

Are there any devices that can do this ?

Thanks from a newbie.

Dobbs

[kitonne]

No problem, you need two S3K devices, two clock controlled AC outlets, and the problem is solved This is the "brute force" approach, but it is fastest and may be easiest to implement (also, may be cheapest, depending on the value of your time)

You can also run a script in windows and restore two separate S3K configuration at preset times (but you'll need a windows computer up 24/7), or, if you are really patient, you can hook up a modem to S3K phone port, and change the dial plan using DTMF codes via a script in something like Procomm for Windows (much more painful, specially if you never used any modem scripting language before)..... You can have your device to reload a config file over the LAN from a local tftp server once every hour, and you can switch config files on the server as you see fit (cron job unde *nix or whatever scheduler you want to use under w32).

None of the current devices I know of can deal with two or more dial plans, depending on the time (although all have access to time servers over the net).

[mberlant]

kitonne,

Your proposal for two SPAs and timers is completely "outside the box" and is utterly brilliant. Congratulations.

Michael

p.s. If you daisy chain the two SPAs, connecting the PSTN Line of one to the Line 1 of the other, the power fail relay of the "dead" SPA will feed the phone signal through to the other SPA unscathed.

[Dobbin]

kitone,

Thanks for the suggestions. Using two of them on timers is a great idea, but given the additional cost, it would take a very long time to pay for its self.

However the idea of picking up a new config via tftp fits much better as I have a UNIX server thats up all the time anyway. The downside is its just another inter-dependancy I could do with out. I would have though this would be quite a popular requirement and easy to implement in firmware given (as you say) these devices are often making use of ntp servers.

Thanks again.

Dobbs

[mberlant]

Implementing this feature on a Sipura SPA, like the other features on such a wish list would soon push the limits of the processor and memory, possibly precluding the inclusion of a feature or bug fix that becomes necessary in the future. In addition, these features would move the SPA from its market position as an access device squarely into the position of a PABX. While it would be wonderful if Sipura introduced a SIP PABX, that would require significantly more horsepower than is included in any device they currently have on the market.

As Dobbs and kitonne have demonstrated right here in this one thread, contributors on this forum have come up with some very clever ideas for squeezing features and services out of these versatile devices in ways that their designers could never have imagined.