Integrating FortiVoice with Singlewire InformaCast

This section describes how to configure the FortiVoice phone system to work with the InformaCast message notification solution for delivering real-time text and audio message notifications to Fortinet FortiFone IP desk phones (FON-x70, FON-x75 and FON-x80). This integration provides a powerful notification solution that extends device coverage across both data and voice networks.

For information about InformaCast configuration, see its product guides.

The FortiVoice - InformaCast message notification solution is implemented using the following features and applications on each platform:

Feature or application	Platform
Feature or application	FortiVoice	InformaCast
Transport	IP SIP Trunk	Legacy Paging Interface (LPI)
Call Routing	Dial Plan	DialCast
Message Group	Page/Message Group	Recipient Group
Message(s)	Audio and/or text	Audio and/or text
Recipient	Extensions	IP Speaker

Transport: A SIP trunking interface on the FortiVoice platform is configured to connect with InformaCast's Legacy Paging Interface (LPI) using a standard SIP protocol. A SIP trunk and server group is defined on both platforms to provide a logical voice-over-IP connection for the delivery and reception of calls and notifications.
Call Routing: A dial plan on the FortiVoice platform is configured to route calls to and from the InformaCast platform. Similarly, InformaCast uses a DialCast feature to configure a dialed pattern match to trigger a message broadcast.
Message Group: A group of endpoints configured to receive, display, and play message(s).
Message(s): Custom text and audio (pre-recorded or live) message types for broadcasting. FortiVoice can broadcast text messages to FortiFone IP phones.
Recipient:An endpoint configured to receive, display, and play message(s).

The following diagram illustrates the high-level network topology of FortiVoice and InformaCast integration:

Configuring the FortiVoice

Using the FortiVoice GUI, configure the FortiVoice phone system to work with the InformaCast message notification solution for delivering real-time text and audio message notifications to FortiFone IP phones.

To create a FortiVoice SIP trunk

Go to Trunk > VoIP > SIP.
Click New.

Configure the following:

GUI field	Description
SIP
Name	Enter the trunk name. For example, InformaCast.
Enable	Select to activate this SIP trunk.
Display name	Enter the caller ID that will appear on the called phone, such as Example Company.
Main number	Enter the number that will appear on the called phone.
SIP setting
SIP server	Enter the URL that you have received from InformaCast. For example, yourname.pstn.informacast.com.
SIP port	Keep the default value (5060).
Using SRV record	Keep this setting disabled.
User name	Enter the name that you have used during the creation of the InformaCast SIP trunk.
Password	Enter the password that you have used during the creation of the InformaCast SIP trunk.
Auth. user name	Enter the same user name that you have used during the creation of the InformaCast SIP trunk. The user name and auth. user name are the same.
Realm/Domain	Enter the same URL that you have entered in the SIP server field.
SIP settings	Keep the default setting (sip_trunk_default).
Max channel	Each trunk contains multiple channels. The number of channels you have in a trunk is controlled by your VoIP provider.
Max outgoing channel	With the known number of max channels, if you need to reserve incoming channels, you can enter the number of outgoing channels allowed and the remaining channels are for incoming calls.
User=Phone in SIP URI	Keep this setting disabled.
Inband ringtone (Early media)	Keep this setting disabled.
Caller ID Option	Keep the default settings.
Registration	Select Standard.
Outbound Proxy	Keep this setting disabled.

Click Create.

To create a dial plan for inbound calls

Go to Call Routing > Inbound.
Click New.
Configure the following:

GUI field	Description
Name	Enter a name for this plan.
Enable	Select to activate this dial plan.
From Trunk	Click +. From the list available entries, select the InformaCast SIP trunk.
Call Handling	From the Action type list, select Dial Local Number to process incoming calls. To route calls to a local extension number, create a match pattern.

Click Create.

To create a dial plan for outbound calls

Go to Call Routing > Outbound.
Click New.
Configure the following:

GUI field	Description
Name	Enter a name for this plan.
Enable	Select to activate this dial plan.
Emergency call	Select to allow emergency call with this plan. By default, this is selected. For information about setting emergency number, see Setting FortiVoice location, contact, and emergency information.
Dialed Number Match	Create one phone number pattern in your dial plan that matches many different numbers. The dialed numbers matching this pattern will follow this dial plan rule. For information about adding a dialed number match, see Creating dialed number match.
Call Handling	The actions to process the outgoing calls with matched dialed numbers and/or caller IDs. Click New. In Action, select Allow. In Outgoing trunk, select the InformaCast SIP trunk.

Click Create.

To create a message group for sending and relaying text and audio messages

Go to Extension > Group > Message Group.
Click New.

Configure the following:

GUI field	Description
Name	Enter a unique name for the group.
Number	Enter the message group number following the local number pattern defined when configuring your inbound dial plan handling action. This is the number that, once dialed, will send text or audio messages to all the extensions included in the group. For example, an authorized InformaCast user can dial this number to send text and audio messages to FortiFone IP phones.
Display name	Enter the name displaying on the extensions of the group, such as “HR”.
Status	Select Status to activate this group.
Message type	Select to send text or audio messages.
If you select to send text messages, select Text and configure the following:
Title	Enter the notification message title.
Message	If this message group is for relaying text messages from InformaCast to FortiFone IP phones, do not do anything. If you want to send a text message to the FortiFone IP phones through InformaCast, use the variables to compose your message or enter your message directly.
Delay	Enter the time in seconds that you want to delay sending the text.
Display time	Enter the time in seconds on how long you want the message to display on the extensions.
Alert tone	Select to activate notification alert on the extensions.
User group	Select the user groups for this message group. The text messages received from InformaCast or composed on FortiVoice will be sent to the FortiFone extensions of these user groups. For more information, see Creating extension groups.
If you select to send audio messages, select Audio and configure the following:
Sound file	If this message group is for relaying audio messages from InformaCast to FortiFone IP phones, do not do anything. If you want to send an audio message to the FortiFone IP phones through InformaCast, select an existing sound file or click New to create a new one for the audio message. For information about sound files, see Managing phone audio settings.
Multicast group	Select the multicast paging group for this message group or click New to create a new one for the audio message. You can also click Edit to modify the selected one. The audio messages received from InformaCast or recorded on FortiVoice will be sent to the FortiFone extensions of these multicast groups. For more information, see Creating extension groups.
Single number	Enter the external phone number to which you want to send audio messages and click OK.

Click Create.