Translations

A translation table is a simple one-to-one mapping of one set of digits to another, different set of digits.  For PMS translation tables, it is a mapping from the room (or extension) numbers sent by the PMS to the mailbox numbers used by the DV2000/DV4 voice messaging system (VMS).  The translations may be created by the administrator using any of several different methods (adding or subtracting a value, pre-pending or appending one or more digits, removing leading zeros, etc.).  However, the final translation table is simply a collection of one-to-one mappings to replace a given room number with an associated mailbox number.

For systems configured with multiple PMS instances, each PMS instance will have its own unique translation table.  Only that table will be used to translate room numbers to and from the PMS.

Note: Translating the calling party and/or called party extension numbers to associated mailbox numbers during call processing is handled by the default Translation Table, not the PMS translation tables.

The Translations page of the Hospitality Configuration dialog is used to configure the translations for the given PMS instance.

Each translation is listed on a separate line (or row) in the table and displays what is being matched and what that translates to.  To perform the translation, the VMS would take the string given in the Room Number (PMS value) field and replace it with the string in the Mailbox field.  For example, in the above translation table, if the room number was 71101, it would be replaced with 1101 as the mailbox number.