These instructions help you configure your 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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Configuring the SMDR output
This version of the Cisco UCM stores its call records in a Microsoft SQL Server database. However, by default, this functionality is not enabled. To enable it, the following settings must be configured on the Publisher using the Service Parameters configuration window:
- CDR Enabled
- CDR Log Calls With Zero Duration Flag
- Call Diagnostics Enabled
This version of the UCM outputs its call records to a table named CallDetailRecord in a database entitled CDR. Rather than have TIM Plus read and remove CDRs from the live CallDetailRecord table, we recommend you replicate this into a second table - leaving the original intact - so that it may be used by other applications that require it. Normally, there already exists a SQL User with the following credentials:
- Username: CiscoCCMCDR
- Password: dipsy
To set up replication you may need to speak to your database administrator or your Cisco UCM maintainer. Ensure that the SQL user described above has full access rights to this replicated table.
You need to know the following information in order for TIM Plus to be able to connect to the Cisco UCM CDR database:
- The IP address or hostname of the Microsoft SQL Server database located on the Publisher node.
- The username and password to connect to the CDR database.
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Setting up a DSN connection for TIM Plus
To enable TIM Plus to work with your Cisco UCM, you first need to set up a DSN connection. Follow the steps below to perform this task within Microsoft Windows:
- Open Windows Control Panel
- Double click on the Administrative tools icon
- Double click on the Data Sources (ODBC) icon
- Select the System DSN tab and click the Add button
- Select SQL Server from the list of available drivers and click Finish
- In the Name field, enter CCM
- In the Description field enter the following: TIM Plus link to CCM
- In the Database name field enter the database type e.g SQL, MySQL etc.
- In the Server drop-down list select the Cisco UCM Publisher IP address or machine name
- Click the Next button
- Select the option With SQL Server authentication using a login ID and password entered by the user , then click Next
- Enable the checkbox Change the default database to: , select CDR , then click the Next button
- Click the Finish button
- Click the Test Data Source button to verify your settings and, if the test is successful, click OK
- 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 Enterprise
Follow the steps below to configure TIM Enterprise to collect the SMDR data from your Cisco UCM:
- Click on the Directory tab.
- Choose the PBX object you want to configure and click Properties.
- A new window will open. In the General tab, select Cisco UCM v4 DSN from the Data format list and tick the Keep a local backup of data box, as shown below:
- Select Connect to a system DSN from the Connection method list.
- The DSN connection details should be automatically picked up.
- Click on the Save button.