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
 Changes in Strata CS from version 2.1 to 3.0 or later
Before you begin
More information
 Changes in Strata CS 3.0 or later
 Configuring Strata CS for the first time
 Strata CS documentation
Where to get help
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
 Users
Dialing Services
Workgroups
Trunks
 Working in views
Maintenance
IVR Plug-Ins
IP Gateways
 Using the Administrator toolbar
Using commands in a view
New Workgroup Create a new workgroup
 Create a new auto attendant
 Creating items
Performing basic actions in the Administrator
To create a new item that is based on an existing item
 Renaming items
Deleting items
Copying and pasting items
Customizing columns
 Working with voice files
Using the audio controls
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 the Server license
To remove all licenses
Verify that you have removed all other licenses
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 Defining System Settings
 Customizable settings
About system settings
Emergency. Use to configure emergency dialing options
 Server Configuration
Changing Windows NT/2000 registry settings
General tab
Rerecording voice prompts
 Windows Event Log notifications
No events. This is the default. No notifications are sent
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
 Logging internal calls
Call Log tab
Archiving the Call Log
To log internal calls as well as external calls
 To archive Call Log information
 Disk usage
Storage tab
 Moving voice files
Allocating disk space
 Dialing tab
Defining special access codes
To move voice message files
 Setting dialing timeouts
 Using extended 911 service with Strata CS
Using standard 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
 Naming trunks
Adding trunks
Monitoring trunks
Deleting trunks
 Matching trunk settings with your phone company
Configuring trunks
Inbound and outbound calls and hunt groups
 Routing inbound calls on a trunk
ANI/DID digit collection
Placing outbound calls on a specific trunk
 Collecting ANI/DID digits
 Using did with Robbed Bit T1 lines
Setting up fax routing
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
 Adding a digital Robbed Bit T1 span
Configuring signaling using the Robbed Bit T1 Experimenter
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
 Extension
Users view
Station
 Mail Usage
Title
Greeting Usage
Disk Usage
 Configuring a system without an Operator
Admin and Operator users
About users and roles
Users
 Understanding personal Operators
Setting up workgroups for the Operator
How callers are transferred to Operators
Changing the Operator’s extension from
 Where to set user options
Setting user options
Roles
Described in detail in this chapter
 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
 Setting up a personal operator
Creating a password
Editing a user’s Client settings
Choosing a language for telephone prompts
 Allocating space for voice messages
Recordings tab
Allocating space for recorded greetings and voice titles
 To enable synchronization
Setting up call recording
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
 Call forwarding and voice mail
Mobile phone issues with forwarded calls
Forwarding calls over Centrex/PBX trunks
Listing a user in the dial-by-name directory
 Phone tab
Activating features for Class phones
 Padding extensions sent as caller ID on internal calls
Setting the number of seconds to ring the phone
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
 Recording the new user’s voice title and greeting
Managing users
Helping new users get started
After you create a new user, do the following
 Moving a user
Updating users’ mail, greeting, and disk usage totals
Deleting a user
 Adding a station
Managing stations
Supported phones
Supporting different types of Class phones
 Viewing station activity
Visual message waiting indicator information
 Managing Workgroups
 About Workgroups
 Creating a Workgroup
Using the General tab
Workgroups view
 Using the Dialing tab
 Adding a voice title
Assigning a did number to a workgroup
Transferring unanswered calls
Listing workgroups in the dial-by-name directory
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 Managing Outbound Calls
 Dialing service types
About dialing services
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
 Tips on access codes and names for services
Access codes
Using dialing services to install and troubleshoot trunks
Disabling dialing services while creating them
 Updating phone numbers after changing an access code
How Strata CS uses access codes
Avoiding dialing ambiguities
 Creating a dialing service with access code
Setting default access codes for ringbacks
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
 Dialing Exceptions tab
To change the codecs used by a dialing service
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
 Click Variables on the Routing Rules tab see
To add a routing variable
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
 Transfer to user
User login
Send to voice mail
Play message
 Key
To add or modify a menu choice
 Beta Document Preliminary & Confidential
 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
 To set up hold music for an auto attendant
Setting up hold music
Deleting auto attendants
Auto Attendant dialog box, click the Hold tab
 Analog trunk
Routing calls directly to a user
Robbed Bit T1
Span Internet span
 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
 Setting general account code options on
Using a verbal account code prompt
How users enter account codes
To use the verbal account code prompt instead of the beep
 Generating account code reports
Viewing account codes in the Call Log
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
 Status
Enabling and disabling trunks
Out
 To restart a station or trunk
Restarting stations or trunks
Do one of the following
 Starting a new Server log
Using the Call Log
 Answered By
From
From Number
To Number
 Supervised transfer. a supervised transfer
Result
Message
From Device
 Displaying a specific number of Call Log entries
 Exporting the Call Log
Monitoring database and disk usage
Backing up Strata CS
 To perform an offline backup of the Strata CS database
To perform an online backup of the Strata CS database
To perform an offline backup of the Strata CS voice files
Restoring Strata CS data
 To restore the Strata CS database from an offline backup
To restore the Strata CS database from an online backup
To restore voice files from an offline backup
 Moving a Strata CS Server to another machine
Shutting down the Strata CS Server
Viewing the Windows Event Log
 Strata CS-related Windows Event Log messages
 Error No Voice Resource Available
Error Dssql Error
Device # Restarted
Inbound call detected on outbound trunk #
 Informational Started Strata CS Mail Server
Error Strata CS Server Restarted
No loop current detected on outbound trunk n
 Error
Error Failed to Stop Device Handle ##
Error Unable to open device ##
Error Unable to delete temporary message file for device ##
 Error Unable to start IVR Plugin License count exceeded
T1 alarms
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 a problem with a specific call or voice message
Reporting Strata CS Server problems
To report a Strata CS Server problem
 Reporting distributed problems
Reporting workstation application problems
To report a workstation application problem
To report a distributed problem
 Call record from the Call Log on the Server
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 System Prompts
 System Prompts view
About system prompts
File name
Text
 Controlling the prompt display
Managing system prompts
Playing system prompts
Comment
 Importing system prompt text
Exporting system prompt text
Exporting and importing system prompt audio files
Changing the encoding format of system prompts
 Recording options
Recording system prompts
About the sentence file
About the .VAP and .VOX files
 Recording process
Recording system prompts professionally
Selecting a voice
American English .VAP and .VOX files are located
 Testing the recorded prompts
Using the standard Strata CS voices
Providing a script for the vendor
 Recording over system prompts yourself
Default location is
Deploying the new prompts
Recording over .VOX files
 Recording over the .VAP file
Testing the new prompts
To record over a prompt
System Prompts view, double-click the prompt name
 To use the Sentence Tester
Testing system prompts
 12-11
 Localizing the telephone commands
 Configuring Internet Telephony Support
 Placing calls to H.323 terminals such as NetMeeting
About IP telephony and Strata CS
Internet telephony requirements
 Placing calls to Net Meeting from a Strata CS phone
Placing calls to Net Meeting from the Strata CS Client
IP address
 Calling Strata CS from H.323 terminals such as Net Meeting
 Calling a Strata CS did number from Net Meeting
Calling a Strata CS Server 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
 Overview of creating an IP Gateway connection
Using the IP Gateway Configuration Worksheet
Receiving Internet calls from a remote Strata CS Server
Codec use with IP Gateway connections
 Creating an IP Gateway
Illustration of an IP Gateway
 IP Gateways view
 Creating an IP Gateway
Password
Remote Address
Remote
 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
 Overview of IP Gateway users
Dial any user’s extension directly, without an access code
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
 Extending Strata CS with off-the-shelf applications
In-band signaling 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
 To install the Strata CS SDK
Installing the Strata CS SDK
Follow the instructions in the Strata CS SDK Setup window
Strata CS SDK Application Programming Interfaces
 Developing IVR Plug-ins with a telephony toolkit
IVR Plug-in sample programs
 IVR Plug-in licensing
Device Status API
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
 String value specifying the user’s extension Default is
Current User Settings
String value specifying the user’s station ID Default is
 \Client\Client\App
Local Machine Settings
 \Client\TSP\Logon
 Locale definitions
Strata CS Server language locale settings
Strata CS currently uses the following locale codes
English
 Defining custom tones
 Example Defining a disconnect detection tone
Disabling Dialogic devices
 Create a string value under Settings named DisableDevices
To disable Dialogic devices in the Windows NT/2000 registry
To connect a fractional T1 or E1 line to Strata CS
Create the following key if it does not already exist
 Dialogic voice board device names
Dialogic 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
 Make interval for valid loop pulse detection
Off-hook Delay. Period after off-hook, during
Minimum DTI Off. Minimum time required
Between ring-received events
 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 1 Mdmf format
MSI station board settings
Default is 20 1000 milliseconds
Default is 6 300 milliseconds
 To use TVSettings
Using the Strata CS Settings program
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 6000 milliseconds
Default value is 12000 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 with Internet Switchboard
Using Quicknet hardware with Strata CS
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
 Forwarding your calls to a Quicknet phone
Calling a Quicknet card from Strata CS
Important note about Quicknet Hot Lines
 See , Configuring Internet Telephony Support in Strata CS
Using the Strata CS Client with a Quicknet card
For More Information
Contacting Quicknet
 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
 Tor
ActiveX Control Also called control
 Application Programming Interface API Also called API
Analog Trunk Also called analog line
Automatic Number Identification ANI Also called ANI
 Call Announcing Also called call screening, screening a call
Business Communications Platform BCP Also called BCP
 Call Center Agent Also called agent
Call Pursuit Also called follow me service
Call Control Also called call handling
Call Detail Recording CDR Also called call accounting, CDR
 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
 Computer Telephone Integration CTI Also called CTI
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier Clec Also called Clec
Computer Telephony CT Also called CT
 See also T-1 p. G-24
Dialed Number Identification Service Dnis Also called Dnis
 Dialogic SCBus Device Also called SCBus
Digital Signal Processor Also called DSP
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
 Recognition ASR, IVR, speech recognition
Integrated Services Digital Network Isdn Also called Isdn
Internet Protocol Also called IP
 Phony, Voice Over IP
Internet Service Provider Also called ISP, service provider
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
 Parking a Call Also called call park
Plain Old Telephone Service Also called Pots
Personal Information Number Also called contact PIN, PIN
 Primary Rate Interface Also called PRI
Public Switched Telephone Network Also called Pstn
Private Branch Exchange Also called PABX, PBX
 Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks Also called RAID
Remote Access Server Also called RAS
Regional Bell Operating Company Also called Rboc
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
 Types supported
For caller ID
Disabling
Digital spans
 Folders, working with Follow me call forwarding, ??-6-27
 Internet-to-Phone Number dialing service, adding
Indicator, visual message waiting Integrating
Using command line arguments, C-1
IP Gateways view, 2-5IP network Codecs for
 Adding
Customizing trunk disconnect tones, A-12permissions
 Permissions, dialing services
Dialing timeouts, 4-12disk space
Audio outpub over your computer speakers, 2-11audio output
Shortcut menu
 Station ID
Spanish language prompts, 4-4spans, digital
 Did
Disconnect tones, customizing, A-12
Moving, 6-42Operator
 Converting, 12-3,12-4