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