Administrator Manual
 Publication Information
 Contents
 Managing Trunks and Spans
 Managing Users and Stations
 Managing Workgroups
 Handling Inbound Calls
 System Prompts
 Extending Strata CS
 Appendix E. Using Performance Counters
 Overview of Upgrading and Configuring Strata CS
 Significant Strata CS features
Welcome to Strata CS
 New features in Toshiba Strata CS 4.0 include the following
What’s New in Strata CS
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Miscellaneous new features
What’s automatically upgraded
 More information
Before you begin
Changes in Strata CS from version 2.1 to 3.0 or later
 Changes in Strata CS 3.0 or later
 Configuring Strata CS for the first time
 Strata CS includes the following documentation
Where to get help
Strata CS documentation
 Your Strata CS provider
Document Printed Online Book
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 Strata CS Administrator
 About the Strata CS Administrator
Linking computers and phones
 Administrator interface
Logging on to the Administrator
 Workgroups
Dialing Services
Users
Trunks
 IVR Plug-Ins
Maintenance
Working in views
IP Gateways
 New Workgroup Create a new workgroup
Using commands in a view
Using the Administrator toolbar
 Create a new auto attendant
 To create a new item that is based on an existing item
Performing basic actions in the Administrator
Creating items
 Copying and pasting items
Deleting items
Renaming items
Customizing columns
 Changing the voice file format
Using the audio controls
Working with voice files
 Importing and exporting voice files
Changing audio output
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 Strata CS Licenses
 About Strata CS licenses
Entering licenses
 To enter your Strata CS Server license
 Removing licenses
To enter all other license types
 Verify that you have removed all other licenses
To remove all licenses
To remove the Server license
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 Defining System Settings
 Emergency. Use to configure emergency dialing options
About system settings
Customizable settings
 General tab
Changing Windows NT/2000 registry settings
Server Configuration
Rerecording voice prompts
 Select one of the following from the drop-down list
No events. This is the default. No notifications are sent
Windows Event Log notifications
 Defining business hours and holidays
Business Hours
 To define business hours and holidays
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Archiving the Call Log
Call Log tab
Logging internal calls
To log internal calls as well as external calls
 To archive Call Log information
 Storage tab
Disk usage
 Allocating disk space
Moving voice files
 To move voice message files
Defining special access codes
Dialing tab
 Setting dialing timeouts
 Emergency tab
Using standard 911 service with Strata CS
Using extended 911 service with Strata CS
 How emergency numbers are handled
To set emergency dialing options
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Setting dial-by-name directory options
Other tab
 Setting up Microsoft Exchange synchronization
Presenting a confirmation menu before voice mail
 To set up Microsoft Exchange synchronization for a user
Exchange Server Mailbox Permissions
 Setting the minimum password length
 Managing Trunks and Spans
 About trunks
Trunk types
 Monitoring trunks
Adding trunks
Naming trunks
Deleting trunks
 Inbound and outbound calls and hunt groups
Configuring trunks
Matching trunk settings with your phone company
 Placing outbound calls on a specific trunk
ANI/DID digit collection
Routing inbound calls on a trunk
 Collecting ANI/DID digits
 Using did with analog lines
Setting up fax routing
Using did with Robbed Bit T1 lines
 Trunks view
Customizing fax routing
 About digital and Internet spans
 Adding an analog trunk
 Setting up digit collection on an analog trunk
 To collect digits on an analog trunk
Trunks view, select the trunk
 Adding the Robbed Bit T1 span in the Trunks view
Configuring signaling using the Robbed Bit T1 Experimenter
Adding a digital Robbed Bit T1 span
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Using a signaling template
 Entering trunk defaults for a span
To enter trunk defaults for a span
 Adding a digital Isdn or CAS span
 Adding a digital Isdn BRI span
 Optimizing your Isdn settings
To set your Isdn parameters
 Enabling Isdn Megacom support
 Adding an Internet span
 Modifying Strata CS IP codecs
 GSM .0 kbs
To modify Strata CS IP codecs
 Fine-tuning your IP connection
To change an IPLink board parameter
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
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 Managing Users and Stations
 Station
Users view
Extension
 Greeting Usage
Title
Mail Usage
Disk Usage
 About users and roles
Admin and Operator users
Configuring a system without an Operator
Users
 How callers are transferred to Operators
Setting up workgroups for the Operator
Understanding personal Operators
Changing the Operator’s extension from
 Roles
Setting user options
Where to set user options
Described in detail in this chapter
 About adding a user
Adding a user at the telephone
 Adding a user in the User dialog box
 Adding a user by using a template
Identifying the user
 Assigning an extension
 Assigning a station ID
 Linking users and phones
 Assigning a did number
 Editing a user’s Client settings
Creating a password
Setting up a personal operator
Choosing a language for telephone prompts
 Allocating space for recorded greetings and voice titles
Recordings tab
Allocating space for voice messages
 Enabling Microsoft Exchange Server synchronization
Setting up call recording
To enable synchronization
 Notifications tab
 Setting e-mail notification
Setting pager notification
 Scheduling notifications
 Defining a schedule for e-mail and pager notification
 To add a schedule entry
 Setting up custom time rules
To set up a custom time rule
 Click OK to add the custom date
 Call Handling tab
 Setting up call forwarding
To turn on call forwarding
 Issues with forwarded calls on
 Forwarding calls over Centrex/PBX trunks
Mobile phone issues with forwarded calls
Call forwarding and voice mail
Listing a user in the dial-by-name directory
 Activating features for Class phones
Phone tab
 Sending Dtmf digits to stations
Setting the number of seconds to ring the phone
Padding extensions sent as caller ID on internal calls
 Activating features on Toshiba digital phone
 Hands free answering
 Secondary Directory Number parameters
 Dialing tab
 Global dialing permissions
To set dialing permissions
 Setting account code modes
 Other settings
 Permissions tab
 By default, Strata CS creates the following two roles
Individual permissions and roles
 New Role
To create a new role
 Other tab contains user options for hands-free mode
Other tab
 Helping new users get started
Managing users
Recording the new user’s voice title and greeting
After you create a new user, do the following
 Deleting a user
Updating users’ mail, greeting, and disk usage totals
Moving a user
 Supported phones
Managing stations
Adding a station
Supporting different types of Class phones
 Visual message waiting indicator information
Viewing station activity
 Managing Workgroups
 About Workgroups
 Workgroups view
Using the General tab
Creating a Workgroup
 Using the Dialing tab
 Transferring unanswered calls
Assigning a did number to a workgroup
Adding a voice title
Listing workgroups in the dial-by-name directory
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 Managing Outbound Calls
 See Adding an Internet-to-Phone Number service on
About dialing services
Dialing service types
 Default dialing service
Using routing services to manage other dialing services
 Dialing Services view
 How you can use dialing services
 Deleting or disabling a dialing service
Hiding dialing services in the Client
 Using dialing services to install and troubleshoot trunks
Access codes
Tips on access codes and names for services
Disabling dialing services while creating them
 Avoiding dialing ambiguities
How Strata CS uses access codes
Updating phone numbers after changing an access code
 Where the default access codes appear
Setting default access codes for ringbacks
Creating a dialing service with access code
 Adding a Phone Number dialing service
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Adding a Centrex/PBX Extension service
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Adding an Internet Address service
 Adding an Internet-to-Phone Number service
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Adding an Internet-to-Centrex/PBX Extension service
 Trunks tab
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Location Settings tab
 Codecs tab
 Click the Codecs tab
To change the codecs used by a dialing service
Dialing Exceptions tab
 Do not need to specify dialing exceptions
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Exporting and importing dialing exceptions
To import dialing exceptions
 Permissions tab
 An example of how to set dialing service permissions
To set dialing service permissions
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Routing services
Following numbers are allowed
 How you can use routing services
 An example of routing rules
 Processing phone numbers received from the Client
 Adding a routing service
Applying permissions in routing services
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Routing Rules tab
 Add a new routing rule
Use this rule under the following conditions
 Execute the following action
 Defining patterns to match the dialed digits
Adding new routing variables
 Click Add. The Routing Variable dialog box opens
To add a routing variable
Click Variables on the Routing Rules tab see
 Defining a new number for a routing rule
Characters Digits placed in the new number
 1NxxNxxxxxx 16173540600 Nxx5-11 567891011
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 Handling Inbound Calls
 About call routing
Route calls to an automatic call distribution ACD workgroup
 Handling Inbound Calls
 Using auto attendants
About auto attendants
 Default Auto Attendant
What callers hear
 Auto Attendants view
Description
 Setting up an auto attendant
Creating a new auto attendant
 Defining menu choices
Description. Information that describes the auto attendant
 Send to voice mail
User login
Transfer to user
Play message
 To add or modify a menu choice
Key
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Click the Advanced tab
 These fields as follows
Menu choice Variable Name Variable Value
 Scheduling transfers and greetings
 To schedule transfers or greetings
Action Action that will be performed
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Deleting auto attendants
Setting up hold music
To set up hold music for an auto attendant
Auto Attendant dialog box, click the Hold tab
 Robbed Bit T1
Routing calls directly to a user
Analog trunk
Span Internet span
 Routing calls to workgroups
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 Using Account Codes
 About account codes
 Setting up account codes
Setting general account code options
 Setting a user’s account code modes
 Creating a text file of valid account codes
To set a user’s account code modes
 Using wild card characters
Formatting the text file
 How users enter account codes
Using a verbal account code prompt
Setting general account code options on
To use the verbal account code prompt instead of the beep
 Indicating the end of an account code
Viewing account codes in the Call Log
Generating account code reports
 Monitoring & Backing UP
 About monitoring and backing up your Strata CS system
 Using the Device Monitor
Monitoring station activity
 Monitoring trunk activity
Logged Name of the user currently logged in at the station
 Out
Enabling and disabling trunks
Status
 Do one of the following
Restarting stations or trunks
To restart a station or trunk
 Using the Call Log
Starting a new Server log
 From Number
From
Answered By
To Number
 Message
Result
Supervised transfer. a supervised transfer
From Device
 Displaying a specific number of Call Log entries
 Backing up Strata CS
Monitoring database and disk usage
Exporting the Call Log
 To perform an offline backup of the Strata CS voice files
To perform an online backup of the Strata CS database
To perform an offline backup of the Strata CS database
Restoring Strata CS data
 To restore voice files from an offline backup
To restore the Strata CS database from an online backup
To restore the Strata CS database from an offline backup
 Viewing the Windows Event Log
Shutting down the Strata CS Server
Moving a Strata CS Server to another machine
 Strata CS-related Windows Event Log messages
 Device # Restarted
Error Dssql Error
Error No Voice Resource Available
Inbound call detected on outbound trunk #
 No loop current detected on outbound trunk n
Error Strata CS Server Restarted
Informational Started Strata CS Mail Server
 Error Unable to open device ##
Error Failed to Stop Device Handle ##
Error
Error Unable to delete temporary message file for device ##
 Error Insufficient licenses ##
T1 alarms
Error Unable to start IVR Plugin License count exceeded
 Using the Maintenance Log view
Reporting problems
 Problem report package
 Using the Problem Report Wizard
To e-mail a problem report package
 To report a Strata CS Server problem
Reporting Strata CS Server problems
Reporting a problem with a specific call or voice message
 To report a workstation application problem
Reporting workstation application problems
Reporting distributed problems
To report a distributed problem
 Call record from the Call Log on the Server
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 System Prompts
 File name
About system prompts
System Prompts view
Text
 Playing system prompts
Managing system prompts
Controlling the prompt display
Comment
 Exporting and importing system prompt audio files
Exporting system prompt text
Importing system prompt text
Changing the encoding format of system prompts
 About the sentence file
Recording system prompts
Recording options
About the .VAP and .VOX files
 Selecting a voice
Recording system prompts professionally
Recording process
American English .VAP and .VOX files are located
 Providing a script for the vendor
Using the standard Strata CS voices
Testing the recorded prompts
 Deploying the new prompts
Default location is
Recording over system prompts yourself
Recording over .VOX files
 To record over a prompt
Testing the new prompts
Recording over the .VAP file
System Prompts view, double-click the prompt name
 Testing system prompts
To use the Sentence Tester
 12-11
 Localizing the telephone commands
 Configuring Internet Telephony Support
 Internet telephony requirements
About IP telephony and Strata CS
Placing calls to H.323 terminals such as NetMeeting
 IP address
Placing calls to Net Meeting from the Strata CS Client
Placing calls to Net Meeting from a Strata CS phone
 Calling Strata CS from H.323 terminals such as Net Meeting
 Start NetMeeting
Calling a Strata CS Server from Net Meeting
Calling a Strata CS did number from Net Meeting
 Using Windows 2000 Phone Dialer as an H.323 terminal
Enhancing a Web page with a Call Us! button
 Connecting two Servers using IP Gateways
Placing calls involving a remote Strata CS Server
 Receiving Internet calls from a remote Strata CS Server
Using the IP Gateway Configuration Worksheet
Overview of creating an IP Gateway connection
Codec use with IP Gateway connections
 Illustration of an IP Gateway
Creating an IP Gateway
 IP Gateways view
 Remote Address
Password
Creating an IP Gateway
Remote
 To set up an IP Gateway
Add Comments to further identify the IP Gateway
 Creating IP Gateway dialing services
Calling Strata CS extensions on the remote Server
 13-14
 Immediately connecting to dial tone on the remote Server
Placing phone calls through the remote Server
 Placing Centrex/PBX calls through the remote Server
 When you configure two Servers in this way, users can
Creating Gateway users to unify two Strata CS Servers
 Before creating IP Gateway users
Dial any user’s extension directly, without an access code
Overview of IP Gateway users
 To create an IP Gateway user
 Fine-tuning your IP connection
Using Contact PINs with IP Gateway users
 Extending Strata CS
 About extending Strata CS
 Tapi applications
In-band signaling applications
Extending Strata CS with off-the-shelf applications
 Extending Strata CS with third-party devices
 Sending call type and extension number to a device
 Type of call Dtmf digits sent
 14-7
 Strata CS SDK
 Follow the instructions in the Strata CS SDK Setup window
Installing the Strata CS SDK
To install the Strata CS SDK
Strata CS SDK Application Programming Interfaces
 IVR Plug-in sample programs
Developing IVR Plug-ins with a telephony toolkit
 Device Status sample program
Device Status API
IVR Plug-in licensing
 Client API
 Strata CS Configuration Settings
 About Strata CS configuration settings
Strata CS Server registry settings
 \Server\Settings\
 Default path is empty string
EmptySentItemsFolder
 Default is 0 no time-out
Mail
 Default is 10000 bytes
NumLogs
 Strata CS Workstation applications registry settings
TruncateRecordings
 String value specifying the user’s station ID Default is
Current User Settings
String value specifying the user’s extension Default is
 Local Machine Settings
\Client\Client\App
 \Client\TSP\Logon
 Strata CS currently uses the following locale codes
Strata CS Server language locale settings
Locale definitions
English
 Defining custom tones
 Disabling Dialogic devices
Example Defining a disconnect detection tone
 To connect a fractional T1 or E1 line to Strata CS
To disable Dialogic devices in the Windows NT/2000 registry
Create a string value under Settings named DisableDevices
Create the following key if it does not already exist
 Save the changes to the registry
Dialogic device names
Dialogic voice board device names
 Board Board ID Channel
 Dialogic modular station interface MSI device names
Dialogic Internet telephony board device names
 Dialogic voice board settings
VoiceBoard settings
 Minimum DTI Off. Minimum time required
Off-hook Delay. Period after off-hook, during
Make interval for valid loop pulse detection
Between ring-received events
 VoiceBoard channel settings
 Dword value for Dtmf detection edge select Default is
Dxchdtinitset
 Dxchmfmode
 E1 and T1 board settings
\Server\DTIBoardn\GlobalCall
 Isdn Megacom service settings
\Server\BRIBoardn\ISDN
 Default is 20 1000 milliseconds
MSI station board settings
Default is 1 Mdmf format
Default is 6 300 milliseconds
 Logging
Using the Strata CS Settings program
To use TVSettings
 Viewing current values
 Modifying other supported Strata CS settings
Changing key values
 Database\ConnectionTimeout
Default value is 30 seconds
 Server\AllowGatewayUserLogin
Default value is
 Default value is 180000 milliseconds
Default value is 60000 milliseconds
 Default value is 1800 milliseconds
Default value is 12000 milliseconds
Default value is 6000 milliseconds
 System\MinClientBuild
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 Command Line Options
Starting Strata CS from the command line
 Password=password
 IP Gateway Configuration Worksheet
 IP Gateway Configuration Worksheet
To Server
 Name Type From Server Access To Server IP Gateway
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 Using Quicknet and E-TEL with Strata CS
 Setting up Quicknet to dial Strata CS
Using Quicknet hardware with Strata CS
Using Quicknet with Internet Switchboard
 Appendix D. Using Quicknet and E-TEL with Strata CS
 Using a Preferred address to dial extensions directly
 Setting up the Strata CS IP address as a Hot Line
To make a Gateway preferred
 Setting up Quicknet to connect to Strata CS
 Creating the Gateway
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Eliminating access code conflicts
Transferring and handling calls with a Quicknet phone
 Important note about Quicknet Hot Lines
Calling a Quicknet card from Strata CS
Forwarding your calls to a Quicknet phone
 For More Information
Using the Strata CS Client with a Quicknet card
See , Configuring Internet Telephony Support in Strata CS
Contacting Quicknet
 Using an E-tel FreeRide IP phone with Strata CS
Setting up a FreeRide phone to connect to Strata CS
 Click Settings and Support
 My Phone Number, enter your Strata CS extension
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Transferring and handling calls with a FreeRide phone
 Tel contact information
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 Using Performance Counters
 Strata CS performance counters
Viewing performance counters in Windows NT/2000
 Appendix E. Using Performance Counters
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 Glossary
 ActiveX Control Also called control
Tor
 Automatic Number Identification ANI Also called ANI
Analog Trunk Also called analog line
Application Programming Interface API Also called API
 Business Communications Platform BCP Also called BCP
Call Announcing Also called call screening, screening a call
 Call Control Also called call handling
Call Pursuit Also called follow me service
Call Center Agent Also called agent
Call Detail Recording CDR Also called call accounting, CDR
 Call Routing Also called routing a call
Central Office CO Also called CO
 Channel Associated Signaling CAS Also called CAS
Channel Service Unit CSU Also called CSU
 Computer Telephony CT Also called CT
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier Clec Also called Clec
Computer Telephone Integration CTI Also called CTI
 Dialed Number Identification Service Dnis Also called Dnis
See also T-1 p. G-24
 Digital Trunk Also called digital line
Digital Signal Processor Also called DSP
Dialogic SCBus Device Also called SCBus
 Direct Inward Dial did Also called did
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency Dtmf Also called Dtmf
 Fax-On-Demand Also called fax-back
 Grab-and-Hold Greeting Also called hold greeting
 Graphical User Interface Also called GUI
Hold Audio Also called hold music
 Internet Protocol Also called IP
Integrated Services Digital Network Isdn Also called Isdn
Recognition ASR, IVR, speech recognition
 Local Exchange Carrier Also called ILEC, LEC
Internet Service Provider Also called ISP, service provider
Phony, Voice Over IP
 Microsoft Windows NT Server Also called NT Server
Modular Station Interface Also called MSI
 Multi-Frequency Also called MF
Network Interface Card Also called NIC
 Personal Information Number Also called contact PIN, PIN
Plain Old Telephone Service Also called Pots
Parking a Call Also called call park
 Private Branch Exchange Also called PABX, PBX
Public Switched Telephone Network Also called Pstn
Primary Rate Interface Also called PRI
 Regional Bell Operating Company Also called Rboc
Remote Access Server Also called RAS
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks Also called RAID
Remote Office/Branch Office Also called Robo
 GLOSS-22 Strata CS Administrator Manual
 Small Office/Home Office Also called Soho
 Tapi Service Provider Also called TSP
 Telephony Application Programming Interface Also called Tapi
 Unified Messaging Also called integrated messaging
 GLOSS-27
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 Index
 To an auto attendant, 9-2to an IVR Plug-in,9-2
 Disabling
For caller ID
Types supported
Digital spans
 Folders, working with Follow me call forwarding, ??-6-27
 Using command line arguments, C-1
Indicator, visual message waiting Integrating
Internet-to-Phone Number dialing service, adding
IP Gateways view, 2-5IP network Codecs for
 Customizing trunk disconnect tones, A-12permissions
Adding
 Audio outpub over your computer speakers, 2-11audio output
Dialing timeouts, 4-12disk space
Permissions, dialing services
Shortcut menu
 Spanish language prompts, 4-4spans, digital
Station ID
 Moving, 6-42Operator
Disconnect tones, customizing, A-12
Did
 Converting, 12-3,12-4