Thanks TE, I appreciate all the help. From what I can tell, the call goes to the Ohio Star i mentioned which routes to a M-F CRA 2507 (2504 off hours). That CRA zeroes out to a different CRA on Timeout which is 2513 . It appears it all stays in the Ohio system until the extension is picked which I can only believe is going back to the florida system but i can't tell. I ran the call activity and it only showed me the call coming into the 2507 CRA.
I did find the Remote Extension ID's on the Ohio system and added the extension from florida that was missing . That fixed the extension not valid issue which is awesome so much thanks.
Now, I still need to figure out why that user's mailbox doesn't come up in the dial by name directory. The user has a last name of N so it starts with the M's which i would expect but jumps to O. I had validated with the user that the mailbox and primary and name greeting were both set.
Did i miss another step or need to do something else ? I checked the Maiboxes in Ohio and there is a remote section but no mailboxes listed which i thought was correct as the mailboxes stayed local (they used 2600 to access voicemail in FL, while we used 2500)
tovythomas,
It is rather simple once you understand what it is asking of you.
You pick the node or nodes you want work with and then you pick the direction the information is coming from; Import or Export.
If you Import from them you are asking them for what is in their DB and when you Export to them you are telling them what is in your DB.
You would be doing this in both directions, but make sure to Import after you Export to the remote nodes to save you some time.
The thing that throws most people the first time is that when it performs an Import it will close down DB programming as the information is being updating in the system; this is normal operation.
As for the mailboxes they do technically show up in the other DB, but you are not able to see them in the normal view. The only time they won't show up in the other nodes DB is if you are using the same numbering plan which causes a conflict and therefore it won't accept the data.
So, calls come in to a STAR on the Ohio MiVO-250 for both sites, but does the call eventually end up in a Florida AA or CRA or only to an Ohio AA or CRA? Keep in mind the STAR doesn't answer the call but routes it based on Time, Date, Day and Mode to another Voice Processor Application.
If they are making their selection within the Ohio AA/CRA for a device on the Florida MiVO-250 then you would need to have an Extension ID on the Ohio MiVO-250 to make that transfer or you will get, "The number entered is not valid" as it doesn't exist on the Ohio MiVO-250. If that is the case then just make sure to shut off the Auto-Attendant Transfer Prompt on the Extension-ID created for the remote phone so they don't hear the transfer prompt.
Thanks,
TE