Manage phone.systems™ trunks#

Manage existing inbound phone.systems™ trunks from the Inbound Trunks page. View a trunk’s configuration, edit its settings, enable CNAM lookup, or delete trunks that are no longer required.

These settings control caller ID and caller name delivery to your phone.systems™ PBX. To change how the PBX answers and routes calls, launch and configure phone.systems™.

Before you begin#

View a phone.systems™ trunk#

  1. In the DIDWW User Panel, go to Voice > Inbound Trunks.

  2. Click the name of the phone.systems™ trunk.

Inbound Trunks page with the phone.systems trunk name highlighted

Fig. 1. Open the phone.systems™ trunk details#

In View Inbound phone.systems Trunk, select General, Number Translations, or Additional Services to review the settings in read-only mode. Click Close to return to the trunk list.

View Inbound phone.systems Trunk page with the General, Number Translations, and Additional Services tabs

Fig. 2. Review the trunk settings#

Edit a phone.systems™ trunk#

  1. In the DIDWW User Panel, go to Voice > Inbound Trunks.

  2. Locate the phone.systems™ trunk and open its Actions menu.

  3. Click Edit.

Actions menu for a phone.systems trunk with Edit highlighted

Fig. 3. Open the trunk for editing#

  1. In Edit Inbound phone.systems Trunk, update the settings on any tab. The tabs match those on the creation form. See General settings, Number Translations, and Additional Services for configuration guidance.

  2. Review the changes and click Submit.

For definitions, defaults, and limits for all settings, see phone.systems™ trunk settings reference.

Edit Inbound phone.systems Trunk form with the Submit button highlighted

Fig. 4. Update and save the trunk settings#

Enable CNAM lookup#

  1. Open the phone.systems™ trunk for editing. See Edit a phone.systems™ trunk.

  2. Select Additional Services.

  3. Turn on Enable CNAM Lookup.

  4. Click Submit.

An additional charge applies to each call from a U.S. source number. See CNAM IN for how caller names are delivered and where CNAM IN charges appear in call logs.

Additional Services tab with Enable CNAM Lookup turned on and the per-call charge displayed

Fig. 5. Enable CNAM lookup#

Delete phone.systems™ trunks#

Delete one phone.systems™ trunk from its Actions menu or delete multiple phone.systems™ trunks using Batch Actions.

Warning

Deleting a trunk is permanent and cannot be undone. Confirm that the trunk is no longer required before continuing.

An assigned trunk cannot be deleted. First unassign the trunk from every DID number.

Delete one phone.systems™ trunk#

  1. Go to Voice > Inbound Trunks.

  2. Locate the phone.systems™ trunk and open its Actions menu.

  3. Click Delete.

Actions menu for a phone.systems trunk with Delete highlighted

Fig. 6. Delete one phone.systems™ trunk#

  1. In the Delete Trunk(s) confirmation window, review the selected trunk and click Delete.

Delete Trunk(s) confirmation window for one phone.systems trunk

Fig. 7. Confirm the deletion#

Delete multiple phone.systems™ trunks#

  1. Go to Voice > Inbound Trunks.

  2. Select the phone.systems™ trunks to delete.

  3. Click Batch Actions > Delete Trunk(s).

Batch Actions menu with Delete Trunk(s) for selected phone.systems trunks

Fig. 8. Delete multiple phone.systems™ trunks#

  1. In the Delete Trunk(s) confirmation window, review the selected trunks and click Delete.

Delete Trunk(s) confirmation window listing multiple phone.systems trunks

Fig. 9. Confirm the batch deletion#