Avaya PeriProducer 3.00 Release Notes
PeriProducer 3.00 Release Notes
(Software Release 3.00)
Avaya Business Communications Manager
Release 6.0
Document Status: Standard
Document Number: P0605081
Document Version: 2.4
Date: June 2010
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How to Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Organization of This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Conventions Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Solaris and Windows 2000 Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Two-Button (Windows 2000) vs. Three-Button (Solaris) Mouse 11
Trademark Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PeriProducer 3.00 New Features and Enhancements . . . . . 13
New Features and Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
New Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Call Conferencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Block-level Access to Protocol Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Blocking/Non-blocking Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Resource Pool Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Saving Partial Recorded Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Call Progress Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PeriProducer Block Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connection IDs (Caller I/O blocks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Accessory Toolkit Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Answer Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Continue on Ring Detect Removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Get Phone Number Options Removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Disconnect Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Abandoned Call Counter Removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Speak Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Speech Recognition/Text To Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Speak a URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Read Phone Block. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Diagnostic Functions Removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Condition Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Send Host Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Virtual Terminal (VT) Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting Host Environment Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Receive Host Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Asynchronous Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Send Fax Block. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Fax Composition Removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Send Fax from TIFF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Fax Mode Removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Receive Fax Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Receive Fax Direct into TIFF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Saving to Named Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Local Station ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Fax Mode Removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Originate Block. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Moved Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Record Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Asynchronous Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Full Duplex Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Moved Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Recorded Element Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Abort Recording using Touch Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Resource Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Asynchronous Execution Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Resource Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Discontinued Features/Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Fax Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hardware Properties Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Unsupported Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Obsoleted Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Other PeriProducer Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Enhanced Condition Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Default Text to Speech Resource Specification . . . . . . . . . . 22
System Folder Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Environment Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using MultiMedia Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Deleting Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Importing and Exporting Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Receiving Speech Recognition Resource Results . . . . . . . . 38
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
VRAM Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Downward Porting of .ppr Source Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
MPS Release Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Porting 2.30 Applications to 3.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Porting 2.30 Applications to 3.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Application Porting Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Porting Standard 2.30 Toolkit Applications to 3.00 . . . . . . . . . . 42
Load into PeriProducer 3.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Use the PeriProducer Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Porting Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Porting MPS Toolkit Applications to 3.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
MPS Toolkit Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Replace Previous MPS Toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Load into PeriProducer 3.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Use the PeriProducer Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Known Conversion Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Set Resource Label in 2.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Unsupported 2.30 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Resource Block Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Flushing the Speak Prompt Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System Transfer Connection ID Datacard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Automatic Detection of Speech or DTMF Input (AUTOID) 48
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Preface
PeriProducer 3.00 Release Notes
Scope
The manual PeriProducer 3.00 Release Notes provides a summary of new features
and enhancements to PeriProducer 2.30.
This manual does not describe PeriProducer 3.00 features and enhancements in detail.
For a more complete description, see the PeriProducer User’s Guide.
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for application developers of Avaya Media Processing Server
(MPS) using the PeriProducer graphical application development tool. A basic
understanding of the PeriProducer product as well as attendance in a PeriProducer
training course is highly recommended.
How to Use This Manual
This manual uses many standard terms relating to computer system, software
application functions, and the Internet. However, it contains some terminology that
can only be explained in the context of the MPS system. Refer to the Glossary of
Avaya Media Processing Server Terminology for definitions of MPS specific terms.
Initially, you should read this manual at least once, from start to finish. Later, you can
use the Table of Contents to locate topics of interest for reference and review.
If you are reading this document online, use the cross-reference links (shown in blue)
to quickly locate related topics. <L
with your cursor over the cross-reference link. Click on any point in a Table of
Contents entry to move to that topic. Click on the page number of any Index entry to
access that topic page.
To familiarize yourself with various specialized textual references within the manual,
see Conventions Used in This Manual on page 9.
Periphonics is now part of Avaya. The name Periphonics, and variations thereof,
appear in this manual only where it is referred to in a product. (For examples, a
PeriProducer application, the PERImps package, the perirev command, etc.)
EFT> click once with your mouse while positioned
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Organization of This Manual
The chapters are as follows:
Chapter 1 — PeriProducer 3.00 New Features and Enhancements
Discusses features and enhancements new to PeriProducer 3.00 and related materials.
Chapter 2 — Porting 2.30 Applications to 3.00
Outlines procedures and configurations for porting applications made with
PeriProducer 2.30 and bringing them into PeriProducer 3.00.
Procedures for installing PeriProducer (as part of the complete MPS software
package) are included in the Installing MPS Software on the Solaris Platform and
Installing MPS Software on the Windows Platform.
Conventions Used in This Manual
Preface
This manual uses different fonts and symbols to differentiate between document
elements and types of information. These conventions are summarized in the
following table.
Conventions Used in This Manual Sheet 1 of 2
Notation Description
Normal text
important term
system
command
command,
condition
and alarm
file name /
directory
Normal text font is used for most of the document.
The Italics font is used to introduce new terms, to highlight
meaningful words or phrases, or to distinguish specific terms from
nearby text.
This font indicates a system command and/or its arguments. Such
keywords are to be entered exactly as shown (i.e., users are not to
fill in their own values).
Command, Condition and Alarm references appear on the screen
in magenta text and reference the Command Reference Manual,
the PeriProducer User’s Guide, or the Alarm Reference Manual,
respectively. Refer to these documents for detailed information
Commands, Conditions, and Alarms.
about
This font is used for highlighting the names of disk directories, files,
and extensions for file names. It is also used to show displays on
text-based screens (e.g., to show the contents of a file.)
on-screen field
<KEY NAME>
This font is used for field labels, on-screen menu buttons, and
action buttons.
A term that appears within angled brackets denotes a terminal
keyboard key, a telephone keypad button, or a system mouse
button.
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Notation Description
Conventions Used in This Manual Sheet 2 of 2
Book Reference
cross reference
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This font indicates the names of other publications referenced
within the document.
A cross reference is shown on the screen in blue. Click on the
cross reference to access the referenced location. A cross
reference that refers to a section name accesses the first page of
that section.
The Note icon identifies notes, important facts, and other keys to
understanding.
The Caution icon identifies procedures or events that require
special attention. The icon indicates a warning that serious
problems may arise if the stated instructions are improperly
followed.
The flying Window icon identifies procedures or events that apply
to the Windows 2000 operating system only.
The Solaris icon identifies procedures or events that apply to the
Solaris operating system only.
2
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1. Windows 2000 and the flying Window logo are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation.
2. Solaris® is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the U.S. and other
countries.
Solaris and Windows 2000 Conventions
This manual depicts examples (command line syntax, configuration files, and screen
shots) in Solaris format. In certain instances Windows 2000 specific commands,
procedures, or screen shots are shown where required. The following table lists
examples of general operating system conventions to keep in mind when using this
manual with either the Solaris or Windows operating system.
Solaris Windows 2000
Environment $MPSHOME %MPSHOME%
Paths $MPSHOME\common\etc %MPSHOME%\common\etc
Command <command> & start /b <command>
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Two-Button (Windows 2000) vs. Three-Button (Solaris) Mouse
<SELECT> Left button
<ADJUST> Left and Right
<MENU> Right button
Trademark Conventions
The following trademark information is presented here and applies throughout for
third party products discussed within this manual. Trademarking information is not
repeated hereafter.
Solaris
other countries.
Solaris, SunOS, OpenWindows, SPARC, and UltraSPARC are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other
countries.
®
<SELECT> Left button
<ADJUST> Middle button
together
<MENU> Right button
and Motif® are registered trademarks of The Open Group in the U.S. and
Microsoft, MSSQL, Windows, Windows 2000, Internet Explorer, and the Flying
Windows logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
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Oracle
Sybase
Informix
is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation.
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and SYBASE™ are trademarks of Sybase, Inc. or its subsidiaries.
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and INFORMIX® are registered trademarks of Informix Corporation or its
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PeriProducer 3.00
New Features and
Enhancements
This chapter covers:
1. New Features and Enhancements
2. PeriProducer Block Changes
3. Discontinued Features/Functions
4. Other PeriProducer Changes
PeriProducer 3.00 Release Notes
New Features and Enhancements
New Blocks
The following blocks are new to PeriProducer 3.00:
Block Function
Abort Abort input/output
Bridge Perform bridging functions (moved from Originate block in
Call Control Send data to telephony protocol layer/perform a hookflash
Call Conferencing Manage conference call functions
Call Progress Detection Manage call progress detection functions
Edit Sequence Manage touch tone input editing and user edit sequences
Line Operations Perform phone line operations (e.g., offer call, accept call,
PeriProducer 2.30)
(moved from Originate block in PeriProducer 2.30)
get line/application resource from pool)
Media Operations Perform operations on MultiMedia File elements or audio
files
Select Input * Not currently implemented
See the PeriProducer 3.00 User’s Guide for full descriptions of the blocks.
Call Conferencing
Call Conferencing allows up to 16 full participants (or 15 full participants with 19
listen port callers) to connect to a call. Per-line talk and listen privileges can be set at
the start of a conference and dynamically changed during the conference. Call
Conferencing includes the "coaching" feature which allows a conference
administrator (a "coach") to talk to another person in the conference (a "student") and
have the speech output heard only by the student.
The actual number of ports available on a system is determined by the DSP
configuration.
Block-level Access to Protocol Data
Telephone line function blocks (Answer, Disconnect, Call Control, Originate) can
send/receive protocol data directly to/from the telephony protocol layer using built-in
block functions. Specify data to send (or receive) using standard PeriProducer data
cards or literals (send only).
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Blocking/Non-blocking Execution
Many PeriProducer blocks allows the option of choosing blocking (execution waits at
that block until it receives success/failure message) or non-blocking (execution
continues to next block without waiting for message) execution. A "Wait" checkbox
enables/disables blocking execution for the applicable blocks. See Blocking/Nonblocking Operation in the PeriProducer 3.00 User’s Guide for details.
Resource Pool Support
The MPS allows resources (such as phone lines and applications) to be defined in the
configuration files as shared pools. In the appropriate blocks (e.g., Line Operations),
PeriProducer provides built-in block access to these resources.
Saving Partial Recorded Data
PeriProducer saves partially received Caller Message Recording messages and faxes
in the event of a receive failure. The partial data is either stored in a new file (if
receiving directly into a file) or the application receives a Media Storage token which
references an element in a MultiMedia File. This behavior can be optionally enabled
and disabled in a Record block.
Call Progress Detection
Using Call Progress Detection (CPD) is updated in PeriProducer 3.00. CPD is
controlled by dynamically enabling and disabling specific tone/event detection in the
Call Progress Detection block. All CPD events return to the application as the cpd
condition with the specific event (Busy, Reorder, etc.) in the condition data. See the
PeriProducer 3.00 User’s Guide for details.
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