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How to monitor call status in realtime on a Definity + CMS

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npomarede

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Jun 7, 2002
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Hello,
well, actually I'm rather new to Definity system, so excuse me if my questions might look a little "strange".

In fact, I'm working as a programmer for a company which hosts a call center and that'd like to add some kind of interface between the homemade applications used for the CRM and the Definity.

Basically, what I would like to do would be to be able to connect to the Definity (directly or via the CMS, I don't know) and gain acces to a kind of real time log that would tell what actions are going on. For example :

hh:mm:ss call ringing from A to B
hh:mm:ss B is answering the call
....
hh:mm:ss call is cleared


With these infos, I would be able to make an application that would allow each user's PC to get an on-screen notification of who is calling him (to display the customer status for example based on A number, etc.)

So, this is not as "advanced" as classic CTI (where the user uses an application to answer/hang calls without using directly his phone), but it's more like a kind of realtime monitoring that would reports the detail of all events (but without any interaction on the Definity).

I already used such features on some smaller PBX (alcatel and matra) that provide this kind of info through a serial link, so I wonder if someone could give me some pointers or informations to help me (because I'm rather lost at the moment, and I don't even have all the docs for our Definity and CMS :-( ).

Thanks in advance


Nicolas
 
Nicolas,
Definity has a Call Details Rocord link (serial) that sends out the information you're looking for.
Check the system-parameters cdr for the settings and you should be able to work something out.

For docs on Definity and CMS, check this link:

Good luck and let me know what you come across. Kind Regards,
Maarten Copini


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CDR is post call. Options for realtime include running something like dynacomm against the CMS via a custom report to do a "screen scrape" or Installing a MAPD/DLG and CTConnect Server. The CTConnect Server has both TSAPI and JTAPI.

Wallboards usually use the first method. Call control applications usually use the second. Depends on exactly what data you want and how much programming.

You can pull the CTConnect documentation off the Avaya web site.

James Middleton
Xeta Technologies
(850)235-2888
 
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