Alcatel OmniPCX Office (OHL Driver XML)

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Requirements

You need to purchase "a Metering License" from Alcatel. It is impossible to record call accounting data via IP or RS232 without ordering a Metering License for CAPInterface and using OHL Driver (doesn't work if you do not have the metering license inside your PBX).

Configuring OXO

1. Open "OmniPCX Office Management Console" and connect to your PBX using the "Installer" account.
2. Go to the "Software Key Features → Network Management" tab and ensure that the "Call account over IP" option is enabled.

3. Go to the "Metering → Printout" tab and set the following options.

4. Go to the "System → Management Password" tab and set the password for "Administrator".

OLD Driver / OHL Driver

1. Create a C:\Logs folder. The driver will store data in this folder.
2. Download the latest version of the Office Link Driver (for example, OLD Driver).
3. Start the installation wizard and select the "Metering mode" there. On a computer with 64 bit OS this driver will be installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\Alcatel\OHL Driver\
4. Go to the driver folder, right click over appliconf.exe and select "Run as Administrator".

5. Specify the IP address of your PBX and the admin password, then click the "Test Connection" button. If the test is successful then you should click the "Save" button.
6. Open OhlDriver.conf in the program folder using Notepad or any other text editor.
7. Scroll to the "Metering parameters" group and specify the created folder after METERING_COLLECTOR_DIR=. Change METERING_COLLECTOR_MAX_TICKET to 100000 (after this limit the driver will create a new XML file).
Then save the file.

#######################################################
# Metering parameters
#######################################################
METERING_OVER_HTTPS=1
METERING_COLLECTOR_DIR=C:\Logs\
METERING_COLLECTOR_FILE=TicketCollector.xml
METERING_COLLECTOR_MAX_TICKET=100000
METERING_PORT=COM1
METERING_BAUDRATE=9600
METERING_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE=2000
METERING_OVERFLOW_THRESHOLD=80
METERING_OVERFLOW_BEHAVIOR=0
METERING_LOG_LEVEL=1

8. Start the driver by clicking the "Start" button. OLD Driver will create and update the "TicketCollector.xml" file in the "C:\Logs\" folder. The content of the XML file should look like:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<CallAccountingList xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="TicketCollector.xsd"><CallAccounting xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="CAPTicket_V001.001.xsd">
		<OmniPCXOffice>
			<SoftwareVersion>3EH30394DVAA ALZCH710/070.001</SoftwareVersion>
			<CPUIPAddress>192.168.1.1</CPUIPAddress>
		</OmniPCXOffice>
		<Checksum>25959554</Checksum>
		<TicketType>Call</TicketType>
		<ChargedUserType>A</ChargedUserType>
		<ChargedUserID>455</ChargedUserID>
		<SubscriberName>Helpdesk</SubscriberName>
		<CommunicationType>Outgoing</CommunicationType>
		<TrunkType>P</TrunkType>
		<TrunkID>001</TrunkID>
		<Date>2013-03-13</Date>
		<Time>12:48:00</Time>
		<CallDuration>00:00:06</CallDuration>
		<TaxesAmount>2</TaxesAmount>
		<Service>ST</Service>
		<DialledNumber>0111111111</DialledNumber>
		<DiallingMode>M</DiallingMode>
		<RingingDuration>00:00:00</RingingDuration>
		<Cost>0.20</Cost>
		<Currency>EUR</Currency>
	</CallAccounting>
</CallAccountingList>

9. Create the "File" data source in the PBX logger and add the folder with the "TicketCollector.xml" file.

Configuring a COM port

The COM port number should match the number in your system. You can check the correct port number in Devices Manager → Ports.

1. Add a new configuration with the RS232 data source (if you didn't it before).

2. Select the COM port and configure the communication settings for your PBX corresponding to your PBX settings.

Selecting the correct parser for 3COM NBX (XML, v6)

3COM NBX (XML, v6)

3COM NBX (XML, v6)

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