VOIP Conference Calls Setup With Musimi and PBXES
Prerequisites
Procedure
VOIP Provider
- Goto Musimi (Danish) or your fauvorite VOIP provider.
- Create an account and add a PSTN/DID number (normal landline direct dial-in number). This is your gateway between the VOIP configuration and the ordinary phones (mobile and land line).
- Under SIP accounts, add a password for the PSTN/DID number.
- Select the G711a codec, time-out, and disable voicemail.
- No pre-pay minutes needed, as we only use the number for dial-in.
PBX Provider
- Goto http://www.pbxes.org
- Create a SOHO account (credit card required, EUR 2.95 pr. month). The free account would limit your participants to 2.
- Login to your account and change the following settings:
PBX extension i.e. Conference Rooms
- Select Extensions -> Add Extension -> SIP
- Extension Number: 0 (you can add 5 conference rooms without excess charge in the SOHO account)
- Display Name: Conference Room 1
- Webcall: don't care
- Password:
- Voicemail & Directory: disabled
- Submit and select extension number from left menu
- Language: english
- dtmfmode: auto
- audio bypass: no
- dial: SIP/<pbxes_account_name>-0 (If your PBX account name is
john this would be dial:SIP/john-0).
- Click submit button. Read the red message banner at the top of the screen. Click the part that says APPLY.
PBX Trunks
- Select Trunks -> Add Trunk -> Add SIP Trunk
- Trunk Name: Musimi
- language: english
- dtmfmode: auto
- audio bypass: no
- username: Your Musmimi PSTN/DID number.
- password: The password you chose for the PSTN/DID number.
- SIP Server: musimi.dk
- Register: Yes
- Options: Leave unchanged
- Dial Rules: Don't care
- Click submit button. Read the red message banner at the top of the screen. Click the part that says APPLY.
PBX Inbound Routing
- Select Inbound Route -> Add Incoming Route
- Trunk Name:
- Caller ID Number:
- Select Callthru PIN (under special services): The PIN to distribute to participants.
- Click submit button. Read the red message banner at the top of the screen. Click the part that says APPLY.
Usage
- Users dial your PSTN/DID number from Musimi. The PBX service will ask to enter the PIN number you selected, which must be distributed.
- The correct PIN will give a dial tone. Dial the conference extension 80.
- Any extension you created will have automatic have a conference extension, which is a prefix '8' to the extension number, e.g. the extension 0 above will have conference extension 80.
Tips
- You can monitor the participants of your conference extension in the Status menu on pbxes.org.
- If you want to dial in for free using VOIP you can use the xxxxxxxx@musmimi.dk as the SIP address in your VOIP phone. This requires a VOIP provider. Yourself can use PBXES, by creating an extension with password, and use e.g. John-0 as the username in your VOIP phone account.
- Using mydivert.com or PBXES directly when creating extensions, you can add international PSTN/DID numbers to use with your VOIP conference number. This will give PSTN/DID numbers in other countries, which you can add as trunks in PBXES, and allow for local rates for your participants.