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These instructions help you configure your Cisco Unified Call Manager up to V4.x to your older Cisco UCM to work with TIM Plus. Contact your system maintainer if you are not familiar with the configuration of your PBX.

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Supportfiles1Cisco UCM v4 DSN.TDT
Supportfiles2Cisco UCM v4 DSN.TDS
Supportfiles3Cisco UCM 4.DBS
Requiredtask1Configure the SMDR output
Requiredtask3Set up a DSN connection
Requiredtask2Configure TIM Plus
ConnectionDSN connection
RequiredTask1Configure the SMDR output
RequiredTask2Set up a DSN connection
RequiredTask3Configure TIM Plus

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Configuring your SMDR output

The This version of the Cisco UCM stores its Call Detail Records call records in a MSSQL Microsoft SQL Server database. However, however, the output by default, this functionality is not enabled by default. To enable the CDR outputit, the following 'Service' parameters need to settings must be configured on the Publisher, using  using the Service Parameters Configuration  configuration window:

  • CDR Enabled
  • CDR Log CallsWith Calls With Zero Duration Flag
  • Call Diagnostics Enabled

The database that TIM Plus will connect to is called 'CDR'. Within this database there is a table called 'CallDetailRecord'. Rather than TIM Plus reading and removing data from the 'CallDetailRecord' table we highly recommend that you setup a second table which is a replication of the 'CallDetailRecord' table. This leaves the original table intact and can This version of the UCM outputs its call records to a table named

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.  Rather than have TIM Plus read and remove CDRs from the live 
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 table, we recommend you replicate this into a second table - leaving the original intact - so that it may be used by other applications that may require it. There should be Normally, there already exists a SQL User already created with the following credentials:

  • Username: CiscoCCMCDR
  • Password: dipsy

To setup set up replication you will may need to speak to your Database Administrator database administrator or your Cisco UCM maintainer. The replicated table name should be called 'calldetailrecord2'.Please make sure that when the replication is setup that the above user  Ensure that the SQL user described above has full access rights to the new this replicated table. 

You will need to know the following information in order for TIM Plus to be able to connect successfully to the Cisco UCM CDR databaseCDR database:

  • The IP /DNS address or hostname of the MS SQL Database which is Microsoft SQL Server database located on the Publisher node.
  • Username The username and Password password to connect to the CDR database (you may need to speak to your maintainer about this)
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     database.
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Setting up a DSN connection for TIM Plus

To enable TIM Plus to work with your Cisco UCM, you will first need to set up a DSN connection. Below you will find instructions on how to do this Follow the steps below to perform this task within Microsoft Windows:

  1. Click on Windows Start.
  2. Click on Control panel.Open Windows Control Panel
  3. Double click on the Administrative tools icon.
  4. Double click on the Data Sources (ODBC) icon to open the ODBC Data Source Administrator window

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    For a 64 bit system, access the ODBC Data Source Administrator from the following location C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe

  5. Click on Select the System DSN tab .Click on the and click the Add button.
  6. Select SQL Server from the list of available drivers and click Finish.
  7. In the Name field, enter the following:  CCM.
  8. In the Description field enter the following: TIM Plus link to CCM.
  9. In the Database name field enter the database type e.g SQL, MySQL etc.
  10. In the Server drop-down list select the Cisco UCM Publisher IP address or machine name.
  11. Click on the Next button.
  12. Click on the radio button Select the option  With SQL Server authentication using a login ID and password entered by the user and  , then click on the Next button.
  13. Click on the check box Enable the checkbox  Change the default database to: and  , select CDR and , then click on the Next button.
  14. Click on the Finish button.
  15. Click on the Test Data Source button and once you make sure to verify your settings and, if the test is completed successfullysuccessful, click on the OK button.Now click on
  16. Click the OK button .to close the control panel applet

An example of an ODBC setup is shown below:

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Configuring TIM Plus

Once the DSN connection has been setupset up, log on in to TIM Plus as usual and apply perform the following settingssteps below:

  1. Click on the Directory tab.
  2. Select Choose the site configured during the setup wizard you want to configure and click Properties.
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  3. Within In the Site Properties window, select Cisco UCM v4 DSN from the PBX model drop-down list.In the Connection method field,
  4. select Select Connect to a system DSN from the drop
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     drop-down list.In the DSN name field, select  
  5. Select Cisco UCM v4 DSN from the drop
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  6. Set the Frequency option to 5.
  7. In the DB script field, select Enter 5 in the Frequency field.
  8. Select Cisco UCM v4 DSN from the  from the DB script drop-down list.
  9. Click on the Save button to apply the settings.