OXE : Introduction
Introduction
The OXEPaging driver is used to send text messages on digital phones connected to an Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise. The driver replaces the old “Notification server” program.
This document describes the architecture of the Alert-OXE link and the PBX and driver configuration.
Les restrictions spécifiques à Alcatel sont décrites à la fin du document.
Architecture
ALERT has to be connected to the OXE on a TCP/IP link. ALERT uses an Alcatel interface named “Paging Interface”. This interface is based on a subset of the CSTA protocol (Escape Services).
The link between the OXE and the phones is the classic UA link.
OXE configuration
The Paging Interface is the interface used by the Notification Server application. This Notification Server application is now obsolete. Although the protocol is the same on an Alcatel 4400 or an Alcatel OXE, it has been only validated for OXE from versions 5 to 9.
For the Alcatel 4400, you should use the Notification Server program and the corresponding ALERT driver.
Phone configuration
Only devices with dynamic keys can be paging recipients:
- - Reflex 4020 and 4035. - DECT 4074
- - Mobile 100/200/300/400
- IP Touch
The terminal must be configured with:
- - Mono-line mode
- Le paramètre NS (Serveur de notification) ou Interface de radiomessagerie doit être réglé sur OUI. (Voir la capture d'écran suivante)
- - Access rights for alarm consult.
- - Optional: create a prefix for alarm consult.
OXE limits intro
The PBX can only store up to 1000(before R8.0) messages in memory, 32000 in R8.0 and after. If a new message is generated, the oldest is deleted.
In addition, the PBX stores a maximum of 8 messages per terminal. In release R8.0, this parameter can be set from 8 to 50.
This can be set in the user (extension) settings.
When the terminal message storage is full, all new messages are ignored.
There are two types of messages: with or without acknowledgement. For an acknowledged message, it is deleted from the memory only when the message is explicitly acknowledged by the user. For the other messages, it is deleted while reading by the user.
For information, this Paging interface has the same limit than mini-messaging service. MiniMessaging is a feature provided by the PBX to allow a terminal to send a text message to another terminal. However, a device configured to be addressed by the paging interface cannot receive a standard mini-message.
L'interface de radiomessagerie peut gérer environ 2000 messages par heure (un pic temporaire de 3500 messages par heure a également été validé).