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title: "Cisco Connect Admin - Direct To Voicemail Troubleshooting"
slug: "cisco-connect-admin-direct-to-voicemail-troubleshooting"
tags: ["calltower", "public"]
updated: 2026-09-18T15:23:44Z
published: 2026-09-18T15:23:44Z
canonical: "learn.calltower.com/cisco-connect-admin-direct-to-voicemail-troubleshooting"
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# Cisco Connect Admin - Direct To Voicemail Troubleshooting

## Conditions necessary for using ‘Ring to Voicemail’ feature

1. No phone assigned to user
2. User’s DN is not configured as a shared line on any other phones.

When you select this option, the translation pattern for the user is changed

Ring to Voicemail is not selected: \+16055552234 2234: Rings to phone

Ring to Voicemail is selected \+16055552234 #2234 Rings to voicemail: same as dialing #xxxx to call directly to a user's voicemail

## Call Routing and Troubleshooting ‘Ring to Voicemail’.

1. Both conditions are not met and ‘Ring to Voicemail’ is set.
  1. 10 digit dial to user will go directly to voicemail
  2. Four digit dial will ring to DN on Device
  3. Message Waiting Indicator will not light to reflect new messages
2. Both conditions are met.
  1. All calls to the user’s DID will go directly to voicemail
  2. You will not be able to 4 digit dial the DN
  3. Direct dial to users DN: #XXXX.
3. Both Conditions are met, but ‘Ring to Voicemail’ is not set
  1. Calls to user’s DID will fail
  2. Calls to users DN will fail
  3. #XXXX will route to user’s Voicemail.

Direct Inward Dialing (DID) is a telecommunication service that allows a phone number to be assigned to a specific phone line within a private branch exchange (PBX), enabling direct calls to that line without going through a receptionist.