Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (OXE) CDR: FTP or real-time setup

This page covers the Alcatel Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (OXE) and Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (Ethernet Real Time) variants in Advanced PBX Data Logger. Each section gives the connection settings, the parser to select and the fields the logger extracts for reports or a database; where the setup steps are the same for every variant they are given once. The settings apply to our logger; other call accounting software may expect a different configuration.

Quick facts

Variants on this page

• Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (OXE) · CDR files downloaded by FTP from the PBX or its server and parsed on arrival, port 21, 11 fields
• Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (Ethernet Real Time) · LAN, port 2533, 34 fields

Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (OXE)

Parser: Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (OXE)
Connection: CDR files downloaded by FTP from the PBX or its server and parsed on arrival. Port 21.
Fields extracted: 11

If you want to know what software release do you have on Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise [OXE] please login using telnet, user mtcl, password mtcl an run the command siteid.

Alcatel OmniPcx Enterprise and 4400 (OXE)

The default address of the pbx system is 192.168.0.254 and the port for ftp is 21. You need to add the "FTP" data source and setup in the remote server address:port the following string: 192.168.0.254:21. Also you must use user mtcl and password mtcl.

Data items: Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (OXE)

Sample record

As delivered by the system; phone numbers, names and public addresses are masked.

|101xxxx |test            |          |051xxxxxxx|000:00:00|        0| SC     |0|
|        |805xxxxxxxx         |N|            |   0|000001|000001|   9|    0|B|A|
|101xxxx |test            |          |051xxxxxxx|000:00:00|        0| SC     |0|

Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (Ethernet Real Time)

Parser: Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (Ethernet Real Time)
Connection: LAN. The PBX accepts a connection on TCP port 2533; the logger connects to the PBX IP address. Port 2533.
Fields extracted: 34

Overviewe

The real time accounting (or on the fly) over Ethernet has been designed to emit tickets towards an external accounting application. These tickets can be masked on the level of the number emitted according to the type of communication (normal, business and personal). The type of tickets (public, private, outgoing, incoming and so on) can be filtered. The format of the tickets is identical to that of the tickets stored in compressed form (/usr4/account/*.DAT).
IMPORTANT: The use of the real time accounting is exclusive: the selection of the tickets via Ethernet prohibits the use of the output of the tickets on V24 interface and vice-versa.

Requirements

The following software locks (license) must be available:
- V24MeteringOnFly (Number 51)
- AccountingEthernet (Number 83)

PCX settings

Configure the Accounting objects as follows:
Applications -> Accounting
Attributes:
Internal Accounting = Yes
Real Time Tickets Output = Ethernet

WARNING: Accounting filters can be set so that only the required tickets are emitted. Select among the list below only the type of tickets exploited by the external application:
ApplicationS -> Accounting
Attributes: Real-Time Tick. Outp. Parameters
Filters:
  Public Outgoing PCX calls (The major outgoing ticket when PCX is stand alone)
  Public Outgoing Network Calls
  PCX Network Calls (2)
  Private Outgoing PCX Calls
  Private Outgoing Network Calls
  Public Incoming PCX Calls
  Public Incoming Network Calls
  Private Incoming PCX Calls
  Private Incoming Network Calls
  Priority Incoming Calls
  Data Outgoing/Incoming Calls
  Public Outgoing 0 Unit Calls (1)
  Non Ticketed User
  PCX PCX Calls (2)
  PCX Transit Calls (2)
  PCX/Netw Count. Tick. Duration 0
  CDR (Tickets) Management (2)

Settings from the manufacturer's documentation

Taken from Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise - REAL TIME ACCOUNTING OVER ETHERNET, Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise - REAL TIME ACCOUNTING OVER ETHERNET. Values are those stated in the documentation; confirm them against your firmware release.

Switching SMDR output on, as documented

1. Confirm the software locks V24MeteringOnFly (51), AccountingEthernet (83) and, if tickets must be sent back to the subscriber's node, TicketsABCNetCalls (99) are present before enabling real-time Ethernet accounting.

Record format notes

• Each accounting ticket (edition ED5.1, in effect since Release 3.2) has 46 defined attributes at fixed byte ranges, e.g. CalledNumber at bytes 006-035, StartDateTime at 442-458, Duration at 202-211.
• The CallType attribute is one of 16 coded values obtainable via the PBX 'accview -l' command, e.g. PublicNetworkOutgoingCall=0, PrivateNetworkCall=2, PublicNetworkIncomingCall=4.
• If the external application disconnects or the link breaks, the PBX buffers up to 500 tickets before it starts discarding them.

Data items: Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise (Ethernet Real Time)

Connecting the logger

Add a data source in PBX Data Logger that matches the interface named in the section for your variant (RS232, TCP client, TCP server or FTP), then open Modules → Query Parse Filter → Data query, click Setup and select the parser named there.

Alcatel-Lucent programming software

OmniPCX Enterprise is administered through Alcatel-Lucent's OmniVista management platform or the mgr console on the call server. Both come with the system from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise or your dealer, not from AGG Software. PBX Data Logger only receives the accounting tickets those tools let you switch on.

Reports and a database

Once records arrive, the logger writes them to a text file or to any ODBC database in real time, or hands them to the PBX Reports utility for manual, scheduled and e-mailed reports with a built-in web server. See exporting call log data to a database for the database setup.

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