Alcatel OmniPCX Office - Serial connection

These instructions help you configure your Alcatel OmniPCX Office phone system to work with TIM Plus. Contact your system maintainer if you are not familiar with the configuration of your PBX.

Connection Type

  TIM Plus establishes a serial connection with this PBX.

Support Files

  Alcatel OmniPCX Office.TDT
  Alcatel OmniPCX Office.TDS

Required Tasks

  Configure the SMDR output
  Install NetPBX
  Configure TIM Plus

Configuring your SMDR output

Follow the instructions below to configure the SMDR output of your Alcatel OmniPCX Office phone system:

Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Office Communication Server supports two types of call metering:

• V24 metering supports V24 printing for all call metering tickets
• IP metering supports IP printing for call metering tickets originating from a 3rd party application (Business or Hotel) via an IP connection

The type of metering must be specified when the Office Link driver is installed. The driver can be set to one of two modes: hotel or metering. You can use the OMC Counting function to specify the type of call metering for hardcopy printouts.

To set printing options for call metering tickets, follow the steps below:

1. Open the Counting function window in the OMC console and select the Accounting Printouttab.
2. Select the metering type from the drop-down list:  Ext. Accounting Activation IP or Ext. Accounting Activation V24.
3. Click OK to save the settings.

The table below presents a summary of the data output from an Alcatel:

Installing NetPBX

If your Alcatel OmniPCX Office has been configured to send SMDR data via a serial connection, you first need to install the NetPBX software to collect the data from the serial port and send it to TIM Plus. For setup instructions, click on the link below:

Install and configure NetPBX

Configuring TIM Plus

Once NetPBX is configured and collecting data, log in to TIM Plus and perform the following steps:

1. Click on the Directory tab.
2. Select the site you configured during the setup wizard and click Properties.
   
   
3. Within the Site Properties window, select Alcatel OmniPCX Office from the PBX model drop-down list.
4. In the Connection method field, select No connection required from the drop-down list.
5. Click on the Save button to apply the settings.