Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Installation Guide
F-4 Configuring NSF codes
MeetingPlace Audio Server Installation Planning Guide
Latitude Communications
Worksheet F-1 NSF code information for PRI trunks
To prepare to configure the MeetingPlace system with NSF codes, complete
the following worksheet.
the following worksheet.
Action
Description
1. Will MeetingPlace be outdialing
directly to the PSTN (without an
intervening PBX)?
intervening PBX)?
NSF codes are only needed for outdialing directly to
the PSTN (Central Office).
the PSTN (Central Office).
If no, skip the rest of this worksheet.
2. Will MeetingPlace need NSF
codes to complete outdials?
Find out from the customer, the customer’s carrier, or
from sample PBX to PSTN outcall traces.
from sample PBX to PSTN outcall traces.
If no, skip the rest of this worksheet.
3. What kind of NSF code is needed:
Service or Feature?
In general, MeetingPlace only needs to invoke certain
services for outcalls. Features are not important.
services for outcalls. Features are not important.
4. What is the service or feature
value?
This value is also called the BFCV (Binary Facility
Coded Value). This ranges from 0 to 31.
Coded Value). This ranges from 0 to 31.
5. Does the service or feature have an
extra parameter? If so, what is it?
This ranges from 0 to 255.
6. Does the NSF code require a
Carrier Identification Code (CIC)?
The FCC has created a list of 10,000 codes for the
different telephone service providers in the United
States. These codes might also be used in Canada.
different telephone service providers in the United
States. These codes might also be used in Canada.
If no CIC is needed, skip the rest of this
worksheet.
worksheet.
7. What is the CIC?
Determine the three- or four-digit CIC.
8. For four-digit CIDs, does the
carrier use all four digits or only
the lower three of four digits?
the lower three of four digits?
For example, the CID for AT&T is 1288, but AT&T
uses 288.
uses 288.