Shanky, how do you use dialplan pattern in CME ? I tried that and did not change the number at all. I always use a translation rule to strip the non-did part:

voice-port x/y/x:15

translate incoming makedid

voice transalation-profile makedid

translate called 200

voice translation-rule 100

rule 1 /^3589/ //

Paolo,

dialplan-pattern 1 35893.. extension-length 3

when a call comes in, and if the ephone-dn's are configured with 3 digit extensions, CME will automatically strip 3589 and ring the phone with extension 3XX automatically. Conversely, if an extension with 3XX calls to an outside destination, 3589 is automatically prepended in caller id.

Dialplan pattern is not always safe to use, unless you take special care with using it. Say your voicemail pilot was 310 and overlaps with your internal extensions. This can cause the voicemail pilot when dialed (310) to be expanded to 3589310. This may cause calls to CUE (say) fail, because your dial-peer (SIP) to CUE may be configured as "destination-pattern 310". You will need to create special translation rules and profiles, applied on the dial-peer to CUE so that 3589310 is translated back to 310. The same problem may happen when call is forwarded from an ephone-dn to voicemail.

HTH

Sankar

Just tried the dialplan-pattern, it works as advertised. But here in the land of variable-length numbering, people likes to have the main number made shorter.

So I will stick with the translation-profile for now.

Thanks!

Paolo,

I agree tp's are a lot more safe and flexible. In case you have variable length dialplan, you may use multiple dialplan patterns. You can enter up to 5 dialplan patterns.