Non-Volatile Storage Of Announcements On Val; Changing The Name Of The Announcement - Avaya Communication Manager Administrator's Manual

Non-Volatile Storage of Announcements on VAL

The VAL board has a RAM based file system on which the announcements are stored. This is where a
newly recorded or FTP'd announcement resides. The VAL constantly checks to determine whether
changes have been made to the file system (file added or deleted or renamed). Once a change has been
detected, the VAL waits for 5 minutes of stability. After such a stable period, the VAL backs up the RAM
based file system to its FLASH. The FLASH version of the file system is non-volatile and is what is
restored upon reset/reseat.
If you record a new announcement and immediately reset the board, the announcement will be lost. The
yellow LED blinks while a backup from RAM to FLASH occurs. All of the above is true regardless
which (if any) of the .wav files on the board are administered announcements. It is just the way the board
(firmware) operates. Note that only files with a .wav extension in the /annc directly are backed up to
FLASH.
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announcement synchronicity
As mentioned above, there is a separation between the actual files on the VAL board and the set of
administered announcements. You can have 100 .wav files on a VAL and only be using (administered) 5
of them. The best way to visualize this is to look at the difference between a
directory board <brdloc>/annc
By going into the Change Announcement screen and changing the name of an announcement, what is
happening? You are changing only the administration of the announcement. This means when the
extension is called, the new file name is requested. The board still has a file with the old file name but not
one with the new file name. You then could run
to the old one and the announcement will play fine. The VAL board is completely unaware that you
change the change announcement

Changing the name of the announcement

To change the name of an announcement you must do two things.
1
Change the administered name (using the
2
Change the name of the file on the VAL board
Administrator's Guide for Avaya Communication Manager
November 2003
Non-Volatile Storage of Announcements on VAL
commands.
change announcement
command.
change announcement
Managing Announcements
and the
list integrated
again and switch the name back
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