Using OSSI to update Native Name on stations?

[drsprite]

Hi there,

I'm very new to OSSI, and it's exactly what I'm looking for to script changes. I'm wondering if it's possible to update the Native Name for stations using OSSI and what the field address is?

I've tried using terminal ossimt, but couldn't find the field address.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[kyle555]

Its not exactly published stuff. Here's a link to a dead link to a guy who reverse engineered it with Perl:

http://avaya.dwalin.ru/communication-manager/ossi-implementation-as-perl-module/

Otherwise, wireshark your ASA with GEDI over telnet and see what happens. If you have System Manager, you can perhaps wireshark a telnet session it makes to CM to get the same idea, but you're kind of on your own with that.

 

[drsprite]

The wireshark over telnet works in that I can see the packet data, but it's rather confusing how the field IDs are lined up compared to the data fields.

Do you know of another way to line the field IDs up to the data? I guess it's a one-for-one, so I could dump to notepad, and meticulously delete each field until it lines up.

I saw in another thread AvayaTier3 mention this command below as a way to help identify the fields, but I'm not sure where I'd insert it.

addresses on - esc | S esc | Tdp
addresses off - esc | E

When trying that in the OSSI terminal, it returns:

e1 00000000 5bc5 "addresses" is an invalid entry; please press HELP

Thoughts?

 

[AvayaTier3]

to turn addresses on while doing a change command from the SAT -
esc | S esc | Tdp (escape key, then |, then capital T, then lower case d, then lower case p
after this when changing to admisterable fields, you will see the address for the current field.

to turn addresses off while doing a change command from the SAT -
esc | E

A great teacher, does not provide answers, but methods to teach others "How and where to find the answers"

bsh

40 years Bell, AT&T, Lucent, Avaya
Tier 3 for 30 years and counting
[URL unfurl="true"]http://bshtele.com[/url]

 

[AvayaTier3]

*7000ff00 Native Name1: 36
Enter Native Name (only hex characters allowed), or blank
*7001ff00 Native Name2: 36
Enter Native Name (only hex characters allowed), or blank
*7002ff00 Native Name3: 36
Enter Native Name (only hex characters allowed), or blank
*7003ff00 Native Name4: 36
Enter Native Name (only hex characters allowed), or blank
*7004ff00 Native Name5: 18
Enter Native Name (only hex characters allowed), or blank
*7005ff00 Native Name Scripts: 8
Enter the script tag associated with the Native Name, or blank


A great teacher, does not provide answers, but methods to teach others "How and where to find the answers"

bsh

40 years Bell, AT&T, Lucent, Avaya
Tier 3 for 30 years and counting
[URL unfurl="true"]http://bshtele.com[/url]

 

[drsprite]

Thanks AvayaTier3! Any tips on how I would change that field?

ccha sta 61234
t
f7000ff00
dDoe,John

Something like the above?

 

[drsprite]

Think I got it. The Native Name field needs to be in hex. This command appears to have worked for me.

I plan to put this into a web form, which will save us a lot of time making Native Name field changes.

cchange station 61234
f7000ff00
d446f652c4a6f686e
t

Hex 446f652c4a6f686e translates to Doe,John

Verifying the Native Name through ASA showed Doe,John.

I think I'm all set unless you see something wrong?

 

[AvayaTier3]

If that is a field that allows you to change it, your format appears to be correct

A great teacher, does not provide answers, but methods to teach others "How and where to find the answers"

bsh

40 years Bell, AT&T, Lucent, Avaya
Tier 3 for 30 years and counting
[URL unfurl="true"]http://bshtele.com[/url]

 

[drsprite]

It does. Now to work on the web form. Thanks again for the help!

 

[drsprite]

Quick question on this.

When trying to use OSSI to set the Native Name field on an extension that doesn't have it populated I'm seeing an error. Almost as if I have to "initialize" the Native Name field?

For a fresh new extension I get the output below:

 cdisp sta 60581
 f7000ff00
 d
 t
 cchange station 60581
 e2 7005ff00 e8d8 "60581" Entry invalid; please press HELP

If I use ASA to set the initial Native Name field data, then it works, and I can change it from thereafter. This is cumbersome since I'm trying to script the Native Name field.

Thoughts?

 

[drsprite]

I may be onto something, but will take confirmation if anyone has it.

Looks like I need to set f7005ff00 to d00000001 before I can set the Native Name field f7000ff00