# General Peer Configuration

The General Peer Configuration dialog box enables you to configure dial-peer on voice ports. This dialog box applies to the voice ports associated to a dial-peer.

## Navigation

Do one of the following:

> Right-click on a voice port, then select Configure > Dial-Peer Configuration > General Peer Configuration from the popup menu.

> Right-click on an 8FXS or 16FXS port, then select Configure from the popup menu. The VoicePort List dialog box appears. Click Details. Select Dial-Peer Configuration > General Peer Configuration.

The following information appears:

> Dial Peer-Tag (dialCtlPeerCfgId)

> Destination-pattern (dialCtlPeerCfgOriginateAddress)

> Answer-address (dialCtlPeerCfgAnswerAddress)

> Speed (dialCtlPeerCfgSpeed)

> Information Type (dialCtlPeerCfgInfoType)

> Trap (dialCtlPeerCfgTrapEnable)

> Permission (dialCtlPeerCfgPermission)

> Inactivity Timer (dialCtlPeerCfgInactivityTimer)

> Minimum Duration (dialCtlPeerCfgMinDuration)

> Maximum Duration (dialCtlPeerCfgMaxDuration)

> Call Timeout (dialCtlPeerCfgCarrierDelay)

> Call Retry Delay (dialCtlPeerCfgRetryDelay)

> Call Failure Delays (dialCtlPeerCfgFailureDelay)

## Related Topics

General Peer Configuration

### Dial Peer-Tag (dialCtlPeerCfgId)

The identification for a dial peer. There can be several entries for one peer, defining different ways to reach the peer. So there can be several entries in the table with the same value of dialCtlPeerCfgId. Multiple entries for one peer may be used to support multilink as well as backup lines.

A single peer will be identified by a unique value of this object.

### Destination-pattern (dialCtlPeerCfgOriginateAddress)

The address at which the peer is called.

The structure of this information will be switch type specific. If there is no address information required for reaching the peer, for example, for leased lines, this object will be a zero length string.

### Answer-address (dialCtlPeerCfgAnswerAddress)

Calling Party Number information element, as for example, passed in an ISDN SETUP message by a PBX or switch, for incoming calls.

This address can be used to identify the peer. If this address is either unknown or identical to dialCtlPeerCfgOriginateAddress, this object will be a zero length string.

### Speed (dialCtlPeerCfgSpeed)

The desired information transfer speed, in bits per second, when calling this peer.

### Information Type (dialCtlPeerCfgInfoType)

The information transfer capability to be used when calling the peer.

Values are:

other (1) |
speech (2) | Non-Data Connection
unrestrictedDigital (3) | 64 kbps data
unrestrictedDigital56 (4) | with 56 kb rate adaption
restrictedDigital (5) |
audio31 (6) | 3.1 kHz audio in data mode connection
audio7 (7) | 7 kHz audio in data mode connection
video (8) |
packetSwitched (9) |
fax (10) |

### Trap (dialCtlPeerCfgTrapEnable)

Indicates whether dialCtlPeerCallInformation and dialCtlPeerCallSetup traps should be generated for this peer.

### Permission (dialCtlPeerCfgPermission)

Dial peer permissions.

Values are:

originate (1) |
answer (2) |
both (3) | Originate and answer
callback (4) | Rejects the call and then calls back, or uses the Reverse Charging information element if it is available.
none (5) |

### Inactivity Timer (dialCtlPeerCfgInactivityTimer)

A connection is automatically disconnected if it no longer carries useful data for a time period, in seconds.

> Useful data means packets are being forwarded, including routing information (this excludes encapsulator maintenance frames).

> Zero means the connection will not be automatically taken down due to inactivity, which implies that it is a dedicated circuit.

### Minimum Duration (dialCtlPeerCfgMinDuration)

The minimum duration of a call in seconds, starting from the time the call is connected until the call is disconnected.

### Maximum Duration (dialCtlPeerCfgMaxDuration)

The maximum call duration in seconds. Zero means unlimited. Default is zero.

### Call Timeout (dialCtlPeerCfgCarrierDelay)

The call timeout time in seconds.

### Call Retry Delay (dialCtlPeerCfgRetryDelay)

The time, in seconds, between call retries if a peer cannot be reached.

Zero means call retries are done without any delay.

### Call Failure Delays (dialCtlPeerCfgFailureDelay)

The time, in seconds, after which call attempts are placed again after a peer has been found unreachable.

Zero means, no call attempts are made.