46 CHAPTER 2: D IAL P LANManagingthe Dial PlanConfiguration FileThis section describes the dial plan configuration file and how to manageit. From the Operations tab of the Dial Plan window, you can performthese tasks:■ Accessing the Dial Plan■ Creating Dial Plan Configuration Files■ Importing and Exporting Dial Plan Configuration Files■ Importing a User-Defined Dial Plan■ Exporting (Saving) a Dial Plan Configuration File■ Testing a Dial Plan■ Generating a Dial Plan Report■ Modifying a Dial Plan Configuration FileAccessing theDial PlanTo import a dial plan configuration file and modify it, select NBX NetSet> Dial Plan > Operations. From this tab, you can accesscustomer-defined and default dial plans.Creating Dial PlanConfiguration FilesThe simplest way to create a new dial plan is to model it after anexisting one.1 Go to the Operations tab.2 Browse for a dial plan, or select one from the pull-down list.3 Click Open to open the file in your browser.4 Click Save As and save the dial plan as a new file.You can now edit the file with an ASCII editor. After you customize thenew dial plan, Import it to the NBX system. see “Importing and ExportingDial Plan Configuration Files” on page 47.3Com recommends that you enter these commands at the top of everydial plan configuration file:Table Delete *DestinationRoute Delete *TimedRoute Delete *PreTranslator Delete *
