This page describes the steps to perform bulk provisioning of the DECT base station and extensions using E-MetroTel’s DECT Provisioning Tool located on the Partner Portal.
From the UCX
Step 1 – Create Extensions
Login to UCX Administration and create the desired SIP extensions to be assigned to the DECT handsets. (See Adding SIP Extension.) Refer to E-MetroTel – Product Licensing for required license types that support Infinity DECT phones.
Once you have all the extensions created:
- Navigate to PBX -> Batch Configuration -> Batch of Extensions page
- Click on Download CSV File button
- Save this file for Step 3
From the DECT Provisioning Tool
If you have a Multi-Cell system, you only need to add the Primary Base Station.
STEP 2 – Add Base Station
Login to the Partner Portal and navigate to Provisioning – DECT.
Find the MAC address of the DECT base station and add it to the DECT Provisioning Tool.
The table will show a list of all the base stations added to the tool.
STEP 3 – Upload Extensions
- From the main page, click on the MAC address of the base station to edit the Base Station Details.
- From the Base Station Details page, click on Choose File and find the CSV file saved in Step 1.
- Click on the UPLOAD button to upload the SIP extensions.
STEP 4 – Update Index
After the extensions are uploaded, they will be listed in the table.
Modify the Total Number of Extensions and click the UPDATE INDEX button. This will allow the tool to automatically assign indices to all the extensions in the table.
If the total number of extensions is 3, then only the first 3 extensions will be assigned an index.
If there are SIP extensions listed in the table that are not for the DECT handsets, select the entry and click the DELETE button.
Once all the unused SIP extensions are deleted, then click the UPDATE INDEX button again to update the indices.
STEP 5 – Update Base Station Details
Below the extensions table, the Base Station parameters are listed. Update the values as needed.
The key parameters are:
- SIP Server Address – Enter the Hostname or IP Address of the UCX Server
- SIP Server Port – Enter the Port number of the UCX Server (Enter 5960 for UCX Cloud system)
- Primary MAC – this is used for multi-cell configuration only. Enter the MAC address of the Primary Base Station.
Click on the APPLY button to save the configuration.
STEP 6 – Push Configuration File
From the main page, select the desired base station(s) and click the PUSH CONFIGURATION TO PUBLIC SERVER button.
From the DECT System
STEP 7 – Retrieve Configuration
When powering up the Base Station(s) for the first time, it will retrieve its configuration file from E-MetroTel’s public repository and provision the Base Station(s).
If the Base Station did not auto-provision:
- Login to the Web Configuration Interface of the DECT Base Station
- Navigate to Management Settings page and verify the parameter Configuration Server Address = repo.uc-x.org/infinity.cfg/
- If a change was made, click Save and Reboot
STEP 8 – Register Handset
From each handset:
- Select the Menu button
. - Select Connectivity.
- Select Register.
- Enter the Access Code that is found in the Extensions page of the DECT base station (default is 0000).
IMPORTANT:
The handsets will be automatically assigned an INDEX sequentially. The first handset to register will be assigned index 1, the second handset to register will be assigned index 2, and so on.
From the DECT Provisioning Tool
STEP 9 – Remove Base Station
Upon successful configuration of a DECT system, the base station entry in the DECT Provisioning Tool should be removed.
The provisioning tool contains the initial configuration information of all the SIP extensions to successfully register the phones. However over time, the passwords may change, the extensions assigned to handsets may change, the initial configuration information in the Provisioning Tool will therefore become outdated.
To prevent the system from accidentally re-provisioned with outdated configuration, delete the base station entry from the provisioning tool.
Multi-Cell System
For a Multi-Cell system, only one base station needs to be provisioned. The configuration will be automatically shared among the rest of the base stations.
On initial configuration, the administrator will specify the MAC address of the Primary base station. However the system will automatically optimize itself to reduce the number of hops in its connections. Hence it may change the Primary Base Station and reconfigure the DECT Chain.
Therefore after the system has been successfully provisioned, the base station entry in the DECT Provisioing Tool should be removed, so it does not re-provision again if the base station reboots.
Additional Information
Re-assign Handset to Extension
If there is a need to assign a different handset to the extension, perform the following steps:
- Un-register the previous handset first.
- Register the new handset.
- Click on Extensions on the left navigation panel.
- Click on the extension link and select the index of the new handset.
- Click Save.
