Unify (Siemens) OpenOffice - DSN connection

These instructions help you configure your Siemens OpenOffice phone system to work with TIM Enterprise. Contact your system maintainer if you are not familiar with the configuration of your PBX.

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Configuring your SMDR output

By default, the SMDR output of a Siemens OpenOffice phone system is not enabled. For information about how to configure the output for incoming, outgoing and internal calls, contact your system maintainer.

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Setting up a DSN connection

To enable TIM Enterprise to work with the Siemens OpenOffice, you first need to set up a DSN connection, by following the steps below:

1. Open Windows Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the Administrative tools icon.

3. 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

4. Click on the System DSN tab.
5. Click on the Add button.
6. Select Native from the driver list and click Finish.
7. In the Data source name field enter Siemens OpenOffice.
8. Click on the OK button to save the changes.
   
   

An example of an ODBC entry is shown below:

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Configuring the interface file

Follow the steps below to configure the interface file to establish an HTTPS connection with your Siemens OpenOffice:

1. Open the

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2. Edit the file to point to the IP address of your Siemens OpenOffice and enter the relevant username and password, as shown below:
   

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3. Remove the apostrophe (') in front of the amended fields to enable them. An example of a configured interface file is shown below:
   

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Configuring TIM Enterprise

Once the DSN connection has been set up, log in to TIM Enterprise and perform the following steps:

1. Click on the Directory tab.
2. Choose Locate the PBX object you want to configure and click in the Directory, right-click on it and select Properties.
3. A new window will open . In the General tab, select displaying the general properties of your PBX object. Select Siemens OpenOffice from the Data format list and tick the Keep a local backup of data boxfrom the right-hand side, as shown below:
   

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4. In Click on the Connection tab , and select System DSN connection from the Connection method list.
5. In the DSN field, select Siemens OpenOffice from the drop-down list.
6. In the Frequency field, enter 5 to check for data every five seconds.
7. In the DB script field, select Siemens
OpenOffice
8. from the drop-down list.
9. Click on the Save button to apply the settings.
   

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