Altigen Adv Call Router 6/2008 4510-0001-6.0 Manual

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  • Page 1 Advanced Call Router ™ Manual 6/2008 4510-0001-6.0...
  • Page 2 WARNING! Toll fraud is committed when individuals unlawfully gain access to customer telecommunication systems. This is a criminal offense. Currently, we do not know of any telecommunications system that is immune to this type of criminal activity. AltiGen Communications, Inc., will not accept liability for any damages, including long distance charges, which result from unauthorized and/or unlawful use.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents New in Previous Release, 5.1 ......1 Installation ..........1 To Configure/Run Advanced Call Router .
  • Page 4 Advanced Call Router Manual...
  • Page 5: New In Previous Release, 5.1

    Advanced Call Router Advanced Call Router is the standard AltiGen Call Router application plus call router service. Advanced Call Router requires the purchase and activation of an Advanced Call Router license. Note: The workgroup to which incoming trunk calls will be routed via Call Router must be assigned to the auto attendant whose Action is set to “Adv - Advanced Call Router,”...
  • Page 6: To Configure/Run Advanced Call Router

    To Configure/Run Advanced Call Router To Configure/Run Advanced Call Router Launch Call Router from the Windows Start menu. Click the Connect button to enter the Call Router Server Name or IP address to connect to, then click OK. To disconnect from this server, click the Disconnect button. Select Operation >...
  • Page 7: Advanced Call Router Route Rules

    In the Logon Info window, enter the Server Name that Advanced Call Router will connect to, along with the Default Virtual Extension and Password then click OK. (Optional) Check Auto Start Service to have Advanced Call Router start routing calls automatically, after the system restarts or after Advanced Call Router service has been stopped and restarted.
  • Page 8 Advanced Call Router Route Rules • Add - opens a Custom Record dialog box, where you can create a new record and build the conditions for the record. • Modify - opens the Customer Record dialog box to modify the record selected in the Record List.
  • Page 9: Creating Route Rules

    Default Routing Action options: No Action, Goto Top Level, Repeat Current Level, Call to Extension/Workgroup, Call to Operator, Dial by Name, Collect Extension, Directory Service, Record Message (specify target data in accompanying text box), Mailbox Access, Disconnect, System Callback, Collect Digits (specify fields in accompanying Collect Digit dialog box), Other DDR Application (specify target data in accompanying text box), Play WG Queue Status (specify target data in accompanying text...
  • Page 10 Advanced Call Router Route Rules 3. In the Rule Name field, enter or modify the rule name. 4. Select the data to match against routing rules. • If Caller Info contains—lets you select Call Route Request data to match against the customer record. a) Select “Match one”...
  • Page 11 For example, if you specify Call ID Data “510252*,” this will match all Caller IDs 510-252-xxxx. If you specify Call ID Data “510252????,” this will match all Caller IDs 510 252-xxxx. • To specify data from an existing database, right-click the item, select From user database, and enter information in the DataSource dialog box.
  • Page 12: Viewing Advanced Call Router History Menu

    Advanced Call Router Route Rules Note: Play WG Queue Status - if you select “Play WG Queue Status,” Advanced Call Router must log on as a workgroup extension with password (View > Show Workgroup Status > Add) and Call Router’s virtual extension and password. (The virtual extension that Call Router uses does not have to be a member of the workgroup.) Specify this workgroup extension in the textbox that appears when you select Play WG Queue...
  • Page 13 Call Route Request Data The “Call Router Request” message sent by AltiServ to Call Router contains data about the incoming call, which Call Router attempts to match against your routing rules. Call Route Request data consists of Caller ID, IVR Path, IVR data and DNIS, all collected via real-time monitoring. Note: IVR Path shows the Auto Attendant assignment for the workgroup that receives the call.
  • Page 14: Show Workgroup Status

    Advanced Call Router Route Rules Note: If no match is found between the Call Route Request Data and the routing rules, the call is routed according to the business rules that check monitored workgroups for the longest available agent, maximum service level, and minimum expected delay. Show Workgroup Status To view real-time data on incoming trunks to workgroup, select View >...
  • Page 15 Enter the workgroup extension as the WorkGroup ID and password, and enter the virtual extension’s password. In the field for Default Wait Time in Queue, type in the desired minutes. (By default, the Extension ID field is grayed out.) • Delete button—click Delete to remove the selected workgroup from the display.
  • Page 16: Clearing Advanced Call Router History Data

    Clearing Advanced Call Router History Data Clearing Advanced Call Router History Data To clear data from the Advanced Call Router History window 1. Go to the directory “Program Files\AltiGen\Call Router” and locate the Call Router.csv file. 2. Open Call Router.csv and delete all contents. 3.
  • Page 17 To open the Datasource dialog box, right-click on a data Item you want to specify using information from an existing database. Select From user database: To build a SQL query: 1. Enter User Name and Password information for the database. 2.
  • Page 18 Additional Advanced Call Router Features requirement to use the same virtual agent extension if you are writing several different queue announcement rules. 2. In MaxAdministrator, you must configure one of the Auto Attendant numbers to which Call Router is assigned to “Advanced Call Router.” 1) Enter the same “Item Name”...
  • Page 19 Advanced Call Router For Sales, you create a rule as shown below. Advanced Call Router Manual...
  • Page 20 Additional Advanced Call Router Features Similarly, for Support, you create a rule as shown below. 16 Advanced Call Router Manual...
  • Page 21 Advanced Call Router In the Monitor window, click Add to log on to Sales, entering both the workgroup extension & password and the virtual extension & password you specified in the “Auto Attendant Sales Queue Announcement” rule: Advanced Call Router Manual...
  • Page 22 Additional Advanced Call Router Features In the Monitor window, click Add to log on to Support, entering both the workgroup extension & password and the virtual extension & password you specified in the “Auto Attendant Sales Queue Announcement” rule: 18 Advanced Call Router Manual...
  • Page 23: Testing Call Router

    Advanced Call Router The Monitor window shows that Call Router is logged on to both workgroups. Calls to each workgroup will be checked against the rules and will trigger a queue announcement if a match is found and all agents are busy.
  • Page 24 Testing Call Router To test Call Router: With Call Router function stopped, go to Test in the Tool drop-down list of the Call Router main menu for the Test dialog box. In the Configuration fields, you can input the following test parameters: •...
  • Page 25 The total calls processed and average time per call will be updated in real-time during the test. You will know how many calls were processed and the average response time per call at that time. After the test has finished, the title of the Test dialog box will be shown as “Test(Stopped).”...
  • Page 26: Testing Sql Server Database

    Testing Call Router Testing SQL Server Database To test SQL server database access performance of Call Router: Add a database for the SQL server. For example, for a database “calldb” and table name “RTMCALL”, 10,000 records are added to the table. Note: Because the data of DDR request has been hard coded, if you want a rule match, you need to add the record to the table.
  • Page 27 Advanced Call Router The “TestSQL” is the newly added data source. This data source is connected to the SQL server’s “calldb” database. In Call Router, add a rule to access database. Advanced Call Router Manual...
  • Page 28 Testing Call Router You can change the rule configuration to fit your own conditions. During the test, Call Router will use this rule to match the DDR request. When using this rule, Call Router will access the SQL server to execute the SQL query. 24 Advanced Call Router Manual...

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