Preparing For Real-Time Export - Avaya S6200 Administration And Maintenance

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Preparing for Real-Time Export

Before you begin exporting real-time files, do the following:
1. Define a listen port on the system.
To permit automatic CDRs, the system needs a port number on which to listen for . You can
define this port as any number greater than or equal to 5000 that does not conflict with other
port numbers in the /etc/services file.
The service name of this port is Auto CDR. Both the system and the host computer must
include an Auto CDR entry in the /etc/services file. For example, the following command
string adds the Auto CDR entry to the system where <service number> represents some
value between 5000 and 65536:
autocdr <service number>/tcp
where the white space between autocdr and <service number> is a tab character. A
different service number may be used, as long as it is greater than 5000 and not used for
any other service on the bridge; it must be named "autocdr" and it must be of type "tcp".
Consult your TCP/IP documentation for the location of the /etc/services file on your host
system.
Note:
Avaya service personnel configure the Auto CDR option during system
Note:
installation. Contact them, if you have any questions; for example, if you need to
change the TCP/IP port assignment.
2. Configure the system for automatic CDRs.
Select Administrator Menu > Configurations > System Configuration. Specify the LAN
option. Press
3. Make sure the file /etc/hosts lists the IP address and system name of any computer on
which your client program will run. Add the remote host by entering the appropriate
parameters. For more information on adding hosts, see
File on page 126.
4. Write an application program to retrieve these records.
5. Make a socket connection to the same service number identified as autocdr in the system
/etc/services file. While the bridge is servicing one client, it will not accept autocdr
connections from any others.
6. Send one of the three command messages (see
7. Read all data on the socket. These data will be a series of zero or more records of the
type(s) requested, CDRs and/or CODRs, each prefaced with the header (see
Format on page 247).
Optionally, the client program may send a Ping message to the server to verify that the
connection is still open. This is not necessary to maintain the connection. The bridge returns
the Ping message, with an additional line feed character (ASCII decimal 10).
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and then press
,
ESC Y
to save this change and exit.
Configuring the System Hosts
Socket Commands on page 248)
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