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
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 – Assign Index
After the extensions are uploaded, they will be listed in the table.
Modify the Total Number of Extensions and click the ASSIGN 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
- SIP Server Port
- Primary MAC – this is used for multi-cell configuration only
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 CONFIGURATTION TO PUBLIC SERVER button.
Reboot the Base Station(s) and it will retrieve its configuration file from E-MetroTel’s public repository and provision the Base Station(s).
From the DECT System
Login to the Web Configuration Interface of the DECT Base Station.
Click on Extensions on the left navigation panel. The provisioned extensions will all be listed.
STEP 7 – Assign Handset IPEI
This step is to assign each extension to the handset IPEI.
Click on the desired extension.
From the Edit extension page, in the Select Handset(s) table:
- Deselect Add Handset.
- Select the Handset Idx to be assigned to the extension and click Save.
- From the Extensions and Handset page, click on the FFFFFFFFFF IPEI link.
- Enter the IPEI of the handset and click Save.
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).
