Ericsson BusinessPhone 50/250 CIL formats and setup

This page covers the Ericsson Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (CIL4HOTEL Format) and Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (Flexible CIL Format) 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

• Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (CIL4HOTEL Format) · Serial, 17 fields
• Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (Flexible CIL Format) · Serial, 14 fields

Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (CIL4HOTEL Format)

Parser: Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (CIL4HOTEL Format)
Connection: Serial. The SMDR or printer port of the PBX is connected to a COM port; speed, data bits, parity and flow control must match the PBX.
Fields extracted: 17

Ericsson BusinessPhone 50-250

All settings below are applicable for model 50-250, version 4.0+.

Flexible CIL format: Selecting

PBX programming

6006 - Device type: 7 (unspecified terminal/printer)
6007 - Character set: 0 (no conversion)
6009 - IOU (except CPU-D4) Baud rate: 10 (2400 Baud)
6009 - IOU (CPU-D4) Baud rate: 10 (2400 Baud)
6009 - SMU (except CPU-D4) Baud rate: 8 (1200 Baud)
6009 - SMU (CPU-D4) Baud rate: 10 (2400 Baud)
6011 - Autoselect allowed: Yes (optional)
6017 - Mode selection for serial interface - should be RS-232
6101 - Set year month day to : YYMMDD
6102 - Set day of week: 1 - Sunday, 7 - Saturday
6103 - Set hour minute second: HHMMSS
6104 - 12h mode, display - Set it to N for 24 mode
6201 - Log internal calls? - Yes
6202 - Log incoming calls? - Yes
6203 - Block log output? - Yes
6204 - Digits to log - Set it to NO
6205 - Bar outgoing calls for guest - Yes if you want to stop guest making calls while the pbx memory is full. Useful for hotels. (optional)
6301 - Log outgoing calls? - Yes
6302 - Log duration time - Set it to 0 because you can configure it in the application.
6303 - Log minimum meter pulses - Should set it to 0
6304 - Bar outgoing calls? - Yes if you want to stop the outgoing calls while the calls storage if out of order and the pbx memory is full. (optional)
6305 - Dialed number: suppress - Set it to 0 unless you want to strip the last n digits from the dialed number for security reasons.
6306 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 0 - Yes.
6307 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 1 - Yes.
6308 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 2 - Yes.
6309 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 3 - Yes.
6310 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 4 - Yes.
6311 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 5 - Yes.
6312 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 6 - Yes.
6313 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 7 - Yes.
6314 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 8 - Yes.
6315 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 9 - Yes.
6332 - Log minimum cost - Set it 0
6403 - CIL4HOTEL.
6404/6407 - Lines per page - Set it to 0
6402 - Automatic I/O activation - Set it to 1 minute. (0 means disabled)
6701 - I/O Port - Value ppiii where pp is board position and iii is individual number of a V24 (IO unit) port.
6702 - Lines/page - Set it to 0

Settings from the manufacturer's documentation

Taken from Ericsson Business Phone 50-250 SMDR, Ericsson Business Phone 50-250 SMDR2. Values are those stated in the documentation; confirm them against your firmware release.

Switching SMDR output on, as documented

1. When using the V.24 bi-directional interface for CIL/HOTEL, set command 6006 (Device type) to value 13.

Record format notes

• The manual's own CIL format table (command 6403) documents named formats only up to 09/CIL3HOTEL (bidirectional up to 69/CIL3HOTEL bidirect); it does not list a 'CIL4HOTEL' format anywhere, though the page sets 6403 to 'CIL4HOTEL.'

Data items: Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (CIL4HOTEL Format)

Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (Flexible CIL Format)

Parser: Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (Flexible CIL Format)
Connection: Serial. The SMDR or printer port of the PBX is connected to a COM port; speed, data bits, parity and flow control must match the PBX.
Fields extracted: 14

Ericsson BusinessPhone 50-250

All settings below are applicable for model 50-250, version 4.0+.

Flexible CIL format: Selecting

Flexible CIL format: Configuring

PBX programming

6006 - Device type: 7 (unspecified terminal/printer)
6007 - Character set: 0 (no conversion)
6009 - IOU (except CPU-D4) Baud rate: 10 (2400 Baud)
6009 - IOU (CPU-D4) Baud rate: 10 (2400 Baud)
6009 - SMU (except CPU-D4) Baud rate: 8 (1200 Baud)
6009 - SMU (CPU-D4) Baud rate: 10 (2400 Baud)
6011 - Autoselect allowed: Yes (optional)
6017 - Mode selection for serial interface - should be RS-232
6101 - Set year month day to : YYMMDD
6102 - Set day of week: 1 - Sunday, 7 - Saturday
6103 - Set hour minute second: HHMMSS
6104 - 12h mode, display - Set it to N for 24 mode
6201 - Log internal calls? - Yes
6202 - Log incoming calls? - Yes
6203 - Block log output? - Yes
6204 - Digits to log - Set it to NO
6205 - Bar outgoing calls for guest - Yes if you want to stop guest making calls while the pbx memory is full. Useful for hotels. (optional)
6301 - Log outgoing calls? - Yes
6302 - Log duration time - Set it to 0 because you can configure it in the application.
6303 - Log minimum meter pulses - Should set it to 0
6304 - Bar outgoing calls? - Yes if you want to stop the outgoing calls while the calls storage if out of order and the pbx memory is full. (optional)
6305 - Dialed number: suppress - Set it to 0 unless you want to strip the last n digits from the dialed number for security reasons.
6306 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 0 - Yes.
6307 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 1 - Yes.
6308 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 2 - Yes.
6309 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 3 - Yes.
6310 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 4 - Yes.
6311 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 5 - Yes.
6312 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 6 - Yes.
6313 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 7 - Yes.
6314 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 8 - Yes.
6315 - Log dialed numbers beginning with 9 - Yes.
6332 - Log minimum cost - Set it 0
6403 - Call/Hotel FLEXIBLE CIL.
6404/6407 - Lines per page - Set it to 0
6402 - Automatic I/O activation - Set it to 1 minute. (0 means disabled)
6701 - I/O Port - Value ppiii where pp is board position and iii is individual number of a V24 (IO unit) port.
6702 - Lines/page - Set it to 0

Settings from the manufacturer's documentation

Taken from Ericsson Business Phone 50-250 SMDR, Ericsson Business Phone 50-250 SMDR2. Values are those stated in the documentation; confirm them against your firmware release.

Switching SMDR output on, as documented

1. When using the V.24 bi-directional interface for CIL/HOTEL, set command 6006 (Device type) to value 13.

Record format notes

• The manual's own CIL format table (command 6403) only names formats through 09/CIL3HOTEL (bidirectional up to 69); it never mentions a 'Flexible CIL' or 'Call/Hotel FLEXIBLE CIL' format, though the page sets 6403 to that value.

Data items: Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (Flexible CIL Format)

Sample record

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

097 131111 13:32:07 500      153                               0001                               32346                         10 
098 131111 13:32:11 758      500                      00:00:17 0006                               32345                         21 
099 131111 13:32:30 615      312                      00:00:01 0013                               32347                         00 

Connecting the logger

All variants on this page use the same connection settings; the steps below apply to each of them.

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 Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (CIL4HOTEL Format)

Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (CIL4HOTEL Format)

Ericsson Businessphone 50-250 (CIL4HOTEL Format)

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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