Question: How can you send a test call from an IOS gateway itself?
Answer: You would use “csim start [dialed digits]“. However, be aware that though the dialed digits strings will match the destination-pattern defined in your dial peer. Any voice translation-profiles applied at the dial-peer level will not be activated during a csim test call.
Case in point, I have the following setup:
dial-peer voice 11300 voip
translation-profile outgoing OUT-GK-EXPAND
destination-pattern [15]…$
session target ras
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
!
voice translation-profile OUT-GK-EXPAND
translate called 11300
!
voice translation-rule 11300
rule 1 /5…$/ /1#1212394\0/
rule 2 /1…$/ /1#1617863\0/
If I dial “5002″ from BR2-PHN2 (ext. 3002), dial-peer 11300 is matched ([15]…$) and then translated from 5002 > 1#12123945002 before it is sent, via RAS, to my gatekeeper.
If I issue a “csim start 5002″, it will match my dial-peer 11300 (“debug voip dialpeer”), but the translation will not occur. Verify this for yourself by running “debug gatekeeper main 10″ from your gatekeeper. You’ll see that the call comes in as “5002″ instead of “1#12123945002″.
Happy labbing!
