Telephony connectivity

This section relates to the basic telephony interface between your switch (telephone exchange) and Blueworx Voice Response:

Switch type

What type of switch is Blueworx Voice Response going to be connected to?

Manufacturer:

Model:

Software level:

What type of signals does the switch receive?

Analog?

See Analog interface.

T1 digital?

(Canada, Japan, China (Hong Kong S.A.R.), U.S.A.)

E1 digital?

(Europe, Latin America.)

Voice over Internet (VoIP)

 

If the signals are digital, what type of signaling protocol is used?

Channel associated signaling?

See Channel associated signaling.

Common channel signaling?

See Common channel signaling.

Both?

See Coexistence of signaling protocols.

Channel associated signaling

What channel associated signaling protocols are provided by the switch?

What capabilities are available with these channel associated signaling protocols?

Call transfer?

Answer detect signal?

Far-end hangup signal?

What call information does the switch provide?

Calling number?

Called number or DNIS?

What types of address signaling are supported by the switch?

Decadic dialing (dial pulse)?

DTMF?

MFR1?

How does the switch control address signaling?

Ground start or wink start?

Delay start?

Immediate start?

Dial tone?

How does the switch send the called and calling numbers?

In-band in the information channel?

Out-of-band, in the signaling channel?

Not at all?

Exchange data link

If your switch has a host computer interface, you can use an exchange data link between Blueworx Voice Response and the switch. What capabilities does the interface provide?

Calling number?

Called number?

Reason for forwarding?

Call transfer?

Far-end disconnect signal?

Message waiting indicator control?

Which protocol is used?

Application Connectivity Link (ACL)?

See Exchange data link.

Simplified Message Desk Interface (SMDI)?

Simplified Message Service Interface (SMSI)?

Voice Message Service (VMS)?

Other?

See How voice applications access other resources.

What type of physical link is used?

X.25?

RS232?

Other?

Common channel signaling

Which common channel signaling protocol?

Signaling System Number 7 (SS7)?

See Signaling System 7.

Euro-ISDN?

See Integrated Services Digital Network.

5ESS 5E8/9/12 ISDN?

DMS100 BCS34/36 ISDN?

National 2 ISDN?

TR41459?

INS 1500 ISDN

E1 QSIG

Do you require call transfer facilities with ISDN?

DMS250 IEC05

DMS100 NA007/008

E1 QSIG

Analog interface

If the incoming signals are analog, you need a channel bank to convert them to digital. What protocols are to be used?

To connect the switch to the channel bank?

To connect Blueworx Voice Response to the channel bank?

CTI integration

You need to consider if and how to integrate the voice applications into a wider network.

Is integration with CallPath required?

See Integrating Blueworx Voice Response with Genesys Framework.

Is integration with Cisco Intelligent Contact Management software required?

See Integrating Blueworx Voice Response with Cisco ICM software.

Is integration with Genesys CTI required?

Availability and Redundancy

Are any of the redundancy features to be used in your configuration?

XML

Central Web server with CCXML/VoiceXML applications?

CCXML/VoiceXML applications running in multiple JVMs?

Dual CCXML nodes for call handling?

Java

Central Java application server?

Dual LAN to Java application nodes?

State table

Multisystem single system image?

Dual SSI Database Server with HACMP switchover?

Dual LAN on SSI?

SS7

Dedicated SS7 Server with Blueworx Voice Response SS7 Client?

Redundant dedicated server?

Switch queuing

You need to think about how to integrate the voice applications into your current switch configuration. For more information, see Planning the switch configuration

Does the switch offer queueing?

Is the switch configured with multi-tiered queues?

Will the existing queue configuration work when Blueworx Voice Response is included as an agent?

Power supply

What kind of power supply do you need?

AC?

DC (-48v)?