Lucent Technologies 555-230-220 User Manual

DEFINITY®

Enterprise Communications Server

Release 6

®

CallVisor

ASAI Technical Reference

555-230-220
Comcode 108111279
Issue 7
May 1998

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Contents

Release Notes xxxiii

■ ASAI Features in Release 6 xxxiii

Single-Step Conference xxxiii
Univer s a l Ca ll ID xxxiv
Phantom Calls xxxiv
Expanded ASAI Capacities in the DEFINITY ECS xxxiv
Trunk Group/Member Information xxxv
MAPD xxxv
Enhancement to Extension Information Query xxxv

About This Document xxxvii

■ Reason for Reissue xxxvii

■ Intended Audience xxxviii

■ Conventions Used in This Document xxxviii

■ Related Documents xl

■ Ordering Documents xli

■ How to Comment on This Document xli

1 ASAI and Capability Groups 1-1

■ Introduction 1-1

■ Capabilities 1-2

Capabilities and Associations 1-3
Associations and Capability Groups 1-4

2 ASAI and Supported Applications 2-1

■ Introduction 2-1

■ Applications 2-2

■ Sample Applications 2-3

Outbound Call Management 2-3

Preview Dialing 2-4

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Predictive Dialing 2-4
Inbound Call Management 2-5
ACD Call Activity Monitoring 2-6
Data Screen Delivery and Voice/Data Transfer 2-7
Data Screen Delivery with Call Prompting 2-8
Speech Processing Integration 2-8
Adjunct Routing 2-9

Information Sources for Routing 2-10
Logging for Call Back 2-11
Automatic Agent Reconfiguration 2-12
Sequence Dialing 2-12

■ Office Automation 2-12

Incoming Call Identification 2-13
Phone Management and Directory Services 2-13
Message Desk 2-14

■ Additional Configurations 2-16

Contacting Lucent Technologies 2-20

3 Event Reporting and U-Abort Capabilities 3-1

■ Introduction 3-1

Event Reporting Capability 3-1
U-Abort Capability 3-1

■ Event Reports 3-2

Capability Groups and Event Reporting 3-2
Call-Related Event Reporting 3-2
Non-Call-Related Event Reporting 3-3
Information Flow 3-3
Parameters 3-3
Event Reports and Corresponding Items 3-3

■ Alerting Event Report 3-9

Alerting Event Report Items 3-10

calling party number 3-10

trunk group number/trunk group member number 3-10

called party number (DNIS) 3-10

connected party number (alerting party number) 3-11

call_id 3-11

party_id 3-11

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domain 3-11
user to user information 3-11
reason for redirection 3-12
II-digits 3-12
UCID (Universal Call ID) 3-12

■ Answered Event Report 3-13

Answered Event Report Items 3-13

called party number 3-13
connected party number

(answering party number) 3-13
call_id 3-13
party_id 3-14
cause 3-14

■ Busy/Unavailable Event Report 3-15

Busy/Unavailable Report Items 3-16

called party number (DNIS) 3-16
call_id 3-16
cause 3-16

■ Call Conferenced Event Report 3-17

Call Conferenced Report Items 3-17

calling party number (controlling party number) 3-17
called party number (new party number) 3-17
old party_id 3-18
other call _id 3-18
resulting call_id 3-18
party_id list (up to six numbers) 3-18
extension list (up to six entries) 3-18
UCID (Universal Call ID) 3-18

■ Call Ended Event Report 3-19

Call Ended Report Items 3-19

call_id 3-19
cause 3-19

■ Call Initiated Event Report 3-20

Call Initiated Report Items 3-20

call_id 3-20
party_id 3-20
UCID (Universal Call ID) 3-20

■ Call Offered to Domain Event Report 3-21

Call Offered to a VDN Domain 3-21
Call Offered to an ACD Split Domain 3-21

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Call Offered to Domain Report Items 3-21

calling party number/billing number (CPN/BN) 3-21
trunk group number/trunk group

member number 3-22
called party number (DNIS) 3-22
user-entered information 3-22
lookahead interflow information 3-23
domain 3-23
user to user information 3-23
flexible billing 3- 24
II-digits 3-24
UCID (Universal Call ID) 3-24

■ Call Originated Event Report 3-25

Call Originated Report Items 3-25
call_id 3-25
party_id 3-25
calling party number 3-25
called party number 3-25
party extension 3-25
user to user information 3-26
cause 3-26

■ Call Redirected Event Report 3-27

For Monitored Calls 3-27
For Controlled Calls 3-27
Call Redirected Report Items 3-28

call_id 3-28

■ Call Transferred Event Report 3-29

Call Transferred Report Items 3-29

calling party number (controlling party number) 3-29
called party number (new party number) 3-29
other call_id 3-29
old party_id 3-30
resulting call_id 3-30
party_id list (up to six numbers) 3-30
extension list (up to six entries) 3-30
UCID (Universal Call ID) 3-30

■ Charging Event Report 3-31

Charging Event Report Items 3-31

call_id 3-31
party_id 3-31

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called number 3-31
charging number 3-31
trunk group/trunk group member 3-32
type of charge 3-32

Intermediate charge 3-32
Final charge 3-32

Split charge 3-32
charge 3-32
cause 3-33

Considerations 3-33

Display of Charge Information 3-33
ISDN 3-33
Lengthy Calls 3-34
Off-Premises Station 3-34
PPM 3-34
Private Network QSIG ISDN Protocol 3-34
Switch-Classified Calls 3-35

■ Connected Event Report 3-36

Multiple Connected Event Reports 3-36
Connected Event Report Items 3-36

calling party number/billing number (CPN/BN) 3-36
trunk group number and trunk group

member number 3-37
called party number (DNIS) 3-37
connected party number 3-38
call_id 3-38
party_id 3-38
cause 3-38
II-digits 3-38
UCID (Universal Call ID) 3-39

■ Cut-Through Event Report 3-40

ISDN Progress Messages 3-40

Cut-Through Report Items 3-40

call_id 3-40
party_id 3-41
progress indicator 3-41

■ Disconnect/Drop Event Report 3-42

Disconnect/Drop Report Items 3-42

connected party number (dropped number) 3-42
call_id 3-43

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party_id 3-43
user to user information 3-43
cause 3-44

■ Entered Digits Event Report 3-45

Entered Digits Report Items 3-45

call_id 3-45
digits entered 3-45

■ Hold Event Report 3-46

Hold Event Report Items 3-46

connected party number

(number that placed the call on hold) 3-46
call_id 3-46
party_id 3-46

■ Login Event Report 3-47

Login Event Report Items 3-47

agent work mode 3-47
agent physical extension 3-47
agent logical extension 3-47

■ Logout Event Report 3-48

Logout Event Report Items 3-48

agent physical extension 3-48
agent logical extension 3-48
reason code 3-48

■ Queued Event Report 3-49

Queued Event Report Items 3-49

called party number (DNIS) 3-49
call_id 3-49
calls in queue 3-49

■ Reconnected Event Report 3-50

Reconnected Event Report Items 3-50

connected party number 3-50
call_id 3-50
party_id 3-50

■ Reorder/Denial Event Report 3-51

Reorder/Denial Report Items 3-51

called party number 3-51
call_id 3-51
cause 3-51

■ Trunk Seized Event Report 3-53

Trunk Seized Report Items 3-53

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called party number 3-53
call_id 3-53
party_id 3-53
Trunk group/trunk group member 3-53

Use of Event Reports in Associations 3-54

■ Event Reporting for Merging Two Calls 3-55

Rules for Merging Two Calls with UUI Information 3-58
Transfer and Conference Interactions 3-59

■ U-ABORT 3-60

Information Flow 3-60
U-Abort Parameters 3-60

4 ASAI and Call Control 4-1

■ Third Party Make Call 4-4

Information Flow 4-4
Third Party Make Call Parameters 4-4
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 4-5
Denial (NAK) Causes 4-6
Protocol Error (NAK) Causes 4-7
Considerations 4-7

■ Third Party Make Call and Supported Call Types 4-8

1. Switch -C lassifie d Ca ll 4-8
Call Parameters for S witch-Clas s ifi ed C alls 4-9
Call Classification 4-12
Answer Classification 4-13
Drop Classification 4-14

No Answer Condition 4-14
Busy Condition 4-15
Reorder Condition 4-15
Other Conditions 4-15

ECS-Terminated Call Conditions

Prior to Classification 4-15

ECS Oper ation for Switch-C lassified Cal l Set up 4-16

Switch-Classified Call Originator 4-17
Switch -C la s s if ied C all D e s t ina t ion 4-18

Negative Acknowledgement (NAK) of a

Switch-Classified Call 4-18

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Other Failure Conditions for

Switch -C la s s if ied C alls 4-19

2. User-Classified Call 4-19
Parameters for User-Classified Calls 4-19
Call Classification for User-Classified Calls 4-22
ECS Operation for User-Classified Call Setup 4-22
User-Classified Call Originator 4-22
User-Classified Call Destination 4-23
Negative Acknowledgement of a

User-Classified Call 4-23

3. Phantom Calls 4-24
Parameters for Phantom Calls 4-25
Call Classification for Phantom Calls 4-27
Phantom Call Originator 4-27
Phantom Call Destination 4-27
Negative Acknowledgment of a Phantom Call 4-28

4. Direct-Agent Call 4-28
Parameters for Direct-Agent Calls 4-29
Call Classification 4-31
ECS Operation for Direct-Agent Call Setup 4-31
Direct-Agent Call Originator 4-31
Direct-Agent Call Destination 4-32
Negative Acknowledgments of a

Direct-Agent Call 4-32

5. Supervisor-Assist Call 4-32
Supervisor-Assist Call Parameters 4-34
Supervisor-Assist Call Classification 4-36
ECS Operation for Supervisor-Assist Call Setup 4-36
Supervisor-Assist Call Originator 4-36
Supervisor-Assist Call Destination 4-36
Negative Acknowledgments of a

Supervisor-Assist Call 4-37

Parameters and Call Types 4-37

■ Third Party Take Control 4-39

Information Flow 4-39
Third Party Take Control Parameters 4-39
ACK (positive acknowledgement) Parameters 4-39
Denial NAK) Causes 4-41
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 4-41
Considerations 4-42

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■ Third Part y Se lective Hold 4-4 3

Information Flow 4-43
Third Party Selective Hold Parameters 4-43
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 4-43
Denial (NAK) Causes 4-43
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 4-44
Considerations 4-44

■ Third Party Reconnect 4-46

Information Flow 4-46
Third Party Reconnect Parameters 4-46
ACK (Positive Acknowledgment) Parameters 4-46
Denial (NAK) Causes 4-46
Protocol Error (NAK) Causes 4-47
Considerations 4-47

■ Redirect Call 4-48

Information Flow 4-48
Third Party Redirect Call Parameters 4-48
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 4-48
Denial (NAK) Causes 4-48
Protocol Error (NAK) Causes 4-49
Considerations 4-49

■ Third Party Listen-Disconnect 4-51

Information Flow 4-51
Third Party Listen-Disconnect Parameters 4-51
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 4-52
Denial (NAK) Causes 4-52
Considerations 4-52

■ Third Party Listen-Reconnect 4-54

Information Flow 4-54
Third Party Listen-Reconnect Parameters 4-54
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 4-54
Denial (NAK) Causes 4-55
Considerations 4-55

■ Third Party Single-Step Conference 4-56

Information Flow 4-56
Third Party Single-Step Conference Parameters 4-57
ACK (positive acknowledgement) Parameters 4-57
Denial (NAK) Causes 4-58
Protocol Error (NAK) Causes 4-58
Considerations 4-59

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■ Third Party Merge 4-60

Information Flow 4-60
Third Party Merge Parameters 4-60
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 4-60
Denial (NAK) Cause 4-61
Protocol Error (NAK) Causes 4-62
Considerations 4-62

■ Third Party Selective Drop 4-64

Information Flow 4-64
Third Party Selective Drop Parameters 4-65
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 4-66
Denial (NAK) Causes 4-66
Protocol Error (NAK) Causes 4-66
Considerations 4-67

■ Third Party Relinquish Control 4-68

Information Flow 4-68
Third Party Relinquish Control Parameters 4-68
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 4-68
Denial (NAK) Cause 4-68
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 4-68
Considerations 4-68

■ Third Party Clear Call 4-69

Information Flow 4-69
Third Party Clear Call Parameters 4-69
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 4-69
Denial (NAK) Cause 4-69
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 4-70
Considerations 4-70

■ Third Party Send DTMF Signals 4-71

Information Flow 4-71
Third Party Send DTMF Signals Parameters 4-71
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 4-71
Denial (NAK) Cause 4-72
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 4-72
Considerations 4-73

■ Third Party Call Ended 4-74

Information Flow 4-74
Third Party Call Ended Parameters 4-74
Causes 4-74

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5 ASAI and Domain Control 5-1

■ Domain (Station) Control Description 5-3

Station Domain 5-3
Split Domain 5-3

■ Domain Control Capabilities 5-4

■ Third Party Domain (Station) Control Request 5-6

Information Flow 5-6
Domain (Station) Control Request Parameters 5-6
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-6
Denial (NAK) Causes 5-6
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 5-7

■ Third Party Domain Control Request for ACD

Split/EA S Sk il l D o main 5-8

Information Flow 5-8
Domain Control Request for ACD

Split/EA S Sk il l D o main Parame t er 5-8
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-8
Denial (NAK) Causes 5-8
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 5-9
Considerations 5-9

■ Third Party Answer 5-10

Information Flow 5-10
Third Party Answer Parameters 5-10
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-10
Denial (NAK) Causes 5-10
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 5-11
Considerations 5-11
Multifunction Station Operation 5-11
Analog Station Operation 5-12

■ Third Part y Se lective Hold 5-1 3

Information Flow 5-13
Third Party Selective Hold Parameter 5-13
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-13
Denial (NAK) Causes 5-13
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 5-14
Considerations 5-14

■ Third Party Reconnect 5-15

Information Flow 5-15
Third Party Reconnect Parameters 5-15

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ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-15
Denial (NAK) Causes 5-15
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 5-16
Considerations 5-16

■ Redirect Call 5-17

Information Flow 5-17
Domain Control Redirect Call Parameters 5-17
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-17
Denial (NAK) Causes 5-17
Protocol Error (NAK) Causes 5-18
Considerations 5-18

■ Third Party Merge 5-20

Information Flow 5-20
Third Party Merge Parameters 5-20
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-20
Denial (NAK) Causes 5-21
Protocol Error (NAK) Causes 5-21
Considerations 5-22

■ Third Party Selective Drop 5-23

Information Flow 5-23
Third Party Selective Drop Parameters 5-23
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-23
Denial (NAK) Causes 5-23
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 5-24
Considerations 5-24

■ Third Party Auto Dial 5-25

Information Flow 5-26
Third Party Auto Dial Parameters 5-26
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-28
Denial (NAK) Causes 5-28
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 5-28

■ Third Party Relinquish Control 5-29

Information Flow 5-29
Third Party Relinquish Control Parameters 5-29
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-29
Denial (NAK) Cause 5-29
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 5-29
Considerations 5-30

■ Third Party Send DTMF Signals 5-31

Information Flow 5-31

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Third Party Send DTMF Signals Parameters 5-31
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 5-31
Denial (NAK) Cause 5-32
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 5-32
Considerations 5-33

■ Third Party Single-Step Conference 5-34

Information Flow 5-34
Third Party Single-Step Conference Parameters 5-35
ACK (positive acknowledgement) Parameters 5-35
Denial (NAK) Causes 5-36
Protocol Error (NAK)Causes 5-36
Considerations 5-37

■ Third Party Domain Control Ended 5-38

Information Flow 5-38
Third P ar ty D o m a in C o nt rol Ended 5-3 8

6 Event Notification Capabilities 6-1

■ Event Notification Capabilities 6-1

Event Notification Request 6-1
Event Notification Cancel 6-1
Stop Call Notification 6-1
Event Notification Ended 6-2
Event Report 6-2

■ Event Notification Request 6-3

Information Flow 6-3
Event Notification Request Parameters 6-3
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 6-4
Denial (NAK) Causes 6-4
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 6-4
Considerations 6-5

■ Event Notification Cancel 6-6

Information Flow 6-6
Event Notification Cancel Parameters 6-6
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 6-6
Denial (NAK) Cause 6-6
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 6-6
Considerations 6-6

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■ Stop Call Notification 6-7

Information Flow 6-7
Stop Call Notification Parameter 6-7
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameter 6-7
Denial (NAK) Causes 6-7
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 6-7
Considerations 6-8

■ Event Notification Ended 6-9

Information Flow 6-9
Event Notification Ended Parameter 6-9
Considerations 6-9

7 ASAI and Call Routing 7-1

■ Route 7-2

Information Flow 7-2
Route Parameters 7-2
Denial (NAK) Causes 7-5
Protocol Error (NAK) Causes 7-5
Considerations 7-5

■ Route Select 7-6

Information Flow 7-6
Route Select Pa rameters 7-7
Denial (NAK) Causes 7-9
Protocol Error (NAK) Causes 7-10
Considerations 7-10

■ Route End 7-11

Information Flow 7-11
Route End Parameter(s) 7-11
Considerations 7-13

8 ASAI and Request Feature Capabilities 8-1

■ Request Feature Capability Group 8-2

Information Flow 8-2
Request Feature Parameters 8-2

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ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 8-3
Denial (NAK) Causes 8-3
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 8-5
Considerations 8-5

9 ASAI and Value Query Capabilities 9-1

■ Value Query 9 -2

ACD Agent Login Query 9-2
ACD Agent Status Query 9-2
ACD Split Status Query 9-2
Call Classifier Status Query 9-2
Call Information Status Query 9-2
Date and Time Query 9-2
Extension Type Query 9-3
Integrated Directory Database Query 9-3
Party ID Query 9-3
Station Feature Query 9-3
Station Status Query 9-3
Trunk Group Status Query 9-3
UCID (Universal Call ID) query 9-4
Information Flow for Value Queries 9-4
Value Query Parameters 9-4

item 9-4
item_params 9-5

ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 9-7

ACD Agent Login Query ACK Parameters 9-7
ACD Agent Status Query ACK Parameters 9-7
ACD Split Status Query ACK Paramete r s 9-7
Call Information Query ACK Parameters 9-7
Call Classifier Status Query ACK Parameters 9-8
Date/Time of Day ACK Parameters 9-8
Ext ension Type Informatio n Query

ACK Parameters 9-8

Integrated Directory Database Query

ACK Parameters 9-9

Special Character Sets 9-9

Party_ID Quer y AC K Pa rameters 9-10

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Station Feature Query ACK Parameters 9-10

Status of Message Waiting Lamp feature 9-10
Status of Send All Calls feature 9-11

Status of Call Forwarding feature 9-11
Station Status Query ACK Parameters 9-11
Trunk Group Query ACK Parameters 9-11
UCID (Universal Call ID) Query ACK Parameters 9-12

Denial (NAK) Causes 9-12
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 9-14
Considerations 9-14

■ Value Query Response 9-15

Information Flow 9-15
Value Query Response Parameters 9-15
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 9-15
Denial (NAK) Causes 9-15
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 9-15

10 ASAI and Set Value Capabilities 10-1

■ Set Value 10-2

Information Flow 10-2
Set Value Parameters 10-2
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 10-3
Denial (NAK) Causes 10-3
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 10-3
Considerations 10-4

MWL 10-4
Flexible B illing 10-4

11 ASAI Maintenance Capabilities 11-1

■ Heartbeat 11-2

Information Flow 11-2
Hea r tb eat Pa r a m eters 11- 2
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 11-2
Denial (NAK) Causes 11-2

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Protocol Error (NAK) Cause 11-2

■ Suspend Alarms 11-3

Information Flow 11-3
Suspend Alarms Parameter 11-3
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 11-3
Denial (NAK) Cause(s) 11-3
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause(s) 11-3
Considerations 11-4

■ Resume Alarms 11-4

Information Flow 11-4
Resume Alarms Parameters 11-4
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameter(s) 11-4
Denial (NAK) Cause(s) 11-4
Protocol Error (NAK) Cause(s) 11-5
Considerations 11-5

■ Restart and Link Versions 11-5

Information Flow 11-5
Restart Parameters 11-8
ACK (Positive Acknowledgement) Parameters 11-8

12 ASAI and Feature Interactions 12-1

■ 8411D Stations 12-1

■ Administration without Hardware (AWOH) 12-1

■ Analog Sets 12-2

Redirection 12-2
Redirection on No Answer 12-2
Auto-Answer Option 12-2
Manual Answer Option 12-2
Number of Calls at Analog Sets 12-3
Number of Held Calls 12-3
Switch-Hook Operation 12-3
Switch-Hook Flash Operation 12-3
User-Classified Calls 12-4
Direct-Agent Calls 12-4

■ Announcements 12-4

■ Answer Supervision 12-4

■ ARS/AAR 12-5

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■ Attendants and Attendant Groups 12-6

Attendant-Specific Button Operation 12-6
Advice of Charge (AOC) 12-7

■ Attendant Auto-Manual Splitting 12-7

Advice of Charge 12-8

■ Attendant Call Waiting 12-8

■ Attendant Control of Trunk Group Access 12-9

■ Attendant Serial Call 12-9

■ Attendant Through Dialing 12-9

■ AUDIX 12-9

■ Authorization Codes 12-10

■ Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) 12-10

Agents in Adjunct-Controlled Splits 12-10
Agents in Multiple Splits 12-10
Agent Status Displays 12-11
Announcements 12-11
Assist/Supervisor Assist 12-11
Automatic Answering 12-11
Interflow 12-12
Intraflow 12-12
Night Service 12-12
Queue Status Displays/Indications 12-13
Timed ACW/Agent Pause Between Cal ls 12-13

■ Automatic Callback on Busy/No Answer 12-13

■ Auto-Available Split 12-13

■ Bridged Call Appearance 12-14

■ Busy Verification of Terminals 12-15

■ Call Coverage 12-15

Remote Call Coverage 12-16
Coverage of Calls Redirected Off-Net 12-16
Call Coverage Path Containing VDNs 12-16

■ Call Detail Recording (CDR) 12-17

Advice of Charge (AOC) 12-17

Call Splitting 12-18

■ Call Forwarding All Calls 12-19

Off-Net 12-19

■ Call Management System (CMS) 12-20

■ Call Park 12-20

■ Call Pickup 12-20

■ Call Vectoring 12-22

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Adjunct Routing 12-23
Advice of Charge 12-24
Call Prompting 12-24
Lookahead Interflow (LAI) 12-24
Multiple Split Queuing 12-25
Network-Provided Digits 12-25
Selective Listening 12-25
Vector-Controlled Splits 12-25
Single-Step Conference 12-26

■ Call Waiting 12-26

■ Centralized Attendant Service (CAS) 12-26

■ Class of Restriction (COR) 12-26

■ Class of Service (COS) 12-27

■ Conference 12-27

Advice of Charge (AOC) 12-27

Basic Conference Scenario: 12-28

Scenario with CDR Call Splitting disabled: 12-28

Conferences Calls involving Multiple

Trunks and Stations 12-28

With CDR Calling Splitting disabled: 12-28

With CDR Call-Splitting enabled: 12-28
Consult 12-29
Selective Listening 12-29

■ Data Calls 12-29

■ DCS 12-29

Advice of Charge 12-30

■ Direct Agent Calling 12-30

Agent Work Modes with ACD 12-30
Agent Work Modes with EAS 12-31
Priority Queuing 12-31
Indications of Direct-Agent Calls in Queue 12-31
Number of Calls In Queue 12-32
Oldest Call in Queue 12-32
Hunt Group Measurements 12-32
Delivering Direct-Agent Calls 12-33
Priori ty C a lling 12-33
Direct-Agent Coverage 12-33

■ Direct Agent — Skill Leve l 12-3 4

■ Do Not Disturb 12-35

■ Drop Button Operation 12-35

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■ Duplication 12-35

■ Electronic Tandem Network (ETN) - Private Network 12-36

■ Expansion Port Network (EPN) 12-36

■ Expert Agent Selection (EAS) 12-36

Skill Hunt Groups 12-36
Logical Agents 12-36
User-Classified Calls 12-37
Direct-Agent Call 12-37

Logical Direct-Agent Calls 12-37
Supervisor-Assist Calls 12-38
Switch-Classified Call 12-39
Event Reports 12-39
Logins and Logouts for Logical Agents 12-40
Work Mode Changes for Logical Agents 12-41
Activate/Cancel Send All Calls and Call Forwarding 12-41
Value Queries for Logical Agents 12-42
Advice of Charge 12-42

■ Facility Restrict ion Level s (FRLs) 12-43

■ Forced Entry of Account Codes 12-43

■ Hold 12-43

■ Hot Line 12-43

■ Hunt Groups 12-43

■ Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) 12-44

ISDN/Basic Rate Interface (BRI) 12-44
ISDN/Primary Rate Interface (PRI) 12-44
UUI Prior to R6 12-45
UUI and MSI, Starting in R6.3 12-45

Advice of Charge (AOC) 12-47

Germany 12-47
France (VN4) 12-47
Europe (ETSI) 12-47

■ Last Number Dialed 12-47

■ Leave Word Calling 12-48

■ Lookahead Interflow 12-48

Advice of Charge (AOC) 12-48

■ Malicious Call Trace 12-48

■ Message Waiting Lamp 12-48

■ Mixed FAC & TAC 12-48

■ MultiMedia Endpoint 12-49

■ Multiple Split Queuing 12-49

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■ Music on Hold 12-49

■ Personal Central Office Line (PCOL) 12-49

■ Priority Calling 12-50

■ Privacy-Manual Exclusion 12-50

■ Ringback Queuing 12-50

■ Send All Calls (SAC) 12-50

■ Send DTMF 12-51

■ Service Observing 12-51

■ Single-Digit Dialing and Mixed Station Numbering 12-52

■ Single-Step Conference 12-52

Data Delivery/Data Restriction 12-53

■ Station Hunting 12-53

■ Switch-Classified Calls 12-53

■ System Restarts 12-53

■ Temporary Bridged Appearances 12-53

■ Terminating Extension Group (TEG) 12-54

■ Timed Reminder 12-55

■ Transfer 12-55

Advice of Charge (AOC) 12-55

■ Trunk-to-Trunk Transfer 12-56

■ VDN Override 12-56

■ Voice (Synthesized) Message Retrieval 12-56

■ World Class BRI 12-56

13 ASAI-Ethernet 13-1

■ Overview 13-1

■ Physical Connectivity for MFB 13-1

Carrier Connectivity for MFB 13-2
Cable Connectivity for MFB 13-3
Administrative Console Connectivity for MFB 13-4

■ Physical Connectivity for MAPD 13-5

Carrier Connectivity for MAPD 13-5
Cable Connectivity for MAPD 13-6
Administrative Console Connectivity for MAPD 13-7

■ Administration 13-8

■ System Operation 13-9

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14 Installation and Test for

CallVisor ASAI 14-1

■ Hardware Installation 14-1

■ Software Installation 14-2

■ CallVisor ASAI Link Administration 14-2

■ DEFINI TY ECS Adminis trat io n Forms 14-7

■ CallVisor ASAI Link Testing 14-8

■ Lucent Technologies Business Partners 14-9

A Call Scenarios and Applications A-1

■ 1. Basic Application Call Scenarios A-2

Outbound Call Management — Prev iew Dialing

(Non-ISDN Facilities) A-3

Outbound Call Management — Prev iew Dialing

(ISDN) Facilities or Local Extensions) A-4

Outbound Call Managemen t — Predictive Dialing

(Destination Busy and No Answer) A-5

Outbound Call Managemen t —

Predictive Dialing (Success) A-6

Call Monitoring —

VDNs and ACD Splits A-7

Multiple Queuing and Call Abandon —

ACD Split or VDN Monitoring A-8

Blind Transfer — ACD Split

or VDN Monitoring A-9

Consultation — ACD Split or

VDN Monitoring A-10
Agent Conference A-11
Service Observing — ACD Split or

VDN Monitoring A-12
Agent Reconfiguration A-13
Incoming Call Monitoring and Manual

Conference — Station Monitoring A-14
Screen-Based Dialing —

Station Mon itoring A-15
Screen Transfer — Station Monitoring A-16
Call Coverage to Station — Station Monitoring A-17

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Call Coverage to AUDIX —

Station Mon itoring A-18
Adjunct Routing A-19
Message Desk — Incoming Call A-20
Message Desk —

Message Retrieval via Phone A-21
Message Desk — Message Retrieval via

Data Terminal A-22
VRU-assisted Transaction using

Selectiv e Lis tening A-23

■ 2. Calls Across Mu ltiple ECSs A-25

External Call to VDN, Answered by Station and

Transferred to a VDN on Another ECS A-26
External Call to VDN, Answered by Station, and

Transferred to a Station on Another ECS A-29
External Call to Lookahead Interflow VDN A-31
External Call to VDN, Answered by a

Local Station, and Transferred to a

Lookahead Interflow VDN A-34

■ 3. Expert Agent Selection Interactions A-38

External Call to VDN, Answered by Logical

Agent, and Conferenced with

Another Logical Agent A-38
External Call to a Logical Agent’s Station

Transferred to Another Logical Agent A-41
Direct Agent Call to Logical Agent —

Make Call to Login ID A-43
Value Queries for Logical Agent and

Skill Hunt Groups A -45

■ 4. Converse Vector Command Interactions A-47

External Call to a VDN that has a Converse

Step that is In terrupted A- 47
External Call to a VDN that has a Converse

Step that is not Interrupted A-49

■ 5. Redirection On No Answer (RONA) Interactions A-51

Call to Agent with RONA A-51
Direct-Agent Call with RONA A-53

■ 6. VDN in Coverage Path Interactions A-56

Incoming Call Routed to a Station that has a

VDN in the Coverage Path A-56

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External Call to a VDN with a Forced

First Announcement that gets Routed to a

Second VDN A-58
Outgoing Call over Non-ISDN Trunk A-60
Outgoing Call over ISDN Trunk that Results in

an ISDN Progress Message A-61

■ 7. User Scenarios — User to User Information (UUI) A-63

Call Sequence 1: A-64
Call Sequence 2: A-65
Call Sequence 3: A-66

■ 8. User Scenarios — Connected IE for

Non-ISDN Trunks A-67

■ 9. User Scenarios — ASAI-Provided Dial-Ahead Digits A-68

■ 10. User Scenarios — ASAI-Requested Digit Collection A-69

■ 11. User Scenarios — VDN Return Destination A-70

■ 12. ASAI Messaging Scenarios — VDN Return

Destination A-72

■ 13. User Scenarios — Flexible Billing A-73

■ 14. User Scenarios - Information Identifier (II) Digits A-76

■ 15. User Scenarios - Phantom Calls A-78

Call Sequence 1: A-79
Call Sequence 2: A-80

■ 16. Single-Step Conference A-81

Call Sequence 1: A-81
Call Sequence 2: A-82
Call Sequence 3: A-83

B ASAI and Release 6 Requirements B-1

■ Capacity Requirements and Constraints B- 1

C ASAI Release History C-1

■ Summary of Past Release Notes C-3

■ Release 5 Notes C-3

Global Call Classification C-3
Advice of Charge (AOC) C-3

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Reason Codes C-4
ASAI Selective Listening C-4
II-Digits C-4
Network-Provided Digits (CINFO) C-4
R2 MFC Calling Party Information C-4
Expansion of Agent Capabilities C-5
27-Character Display C-5
Release 5 Feature Interactions C-5

■ G3V4 Release Notes C-5

Send DTMF Signals C-5
MultiQ u es t Fl e x ible B illing C-6
Redirect Call C-6
ASAI-Accessed Inte g ra te d Dire ctory

Database Service C-6

Event Report Capabilities C-6

Agent Login Event Report C-6
Call-Originated Event Report C-7
Alerting Event Report C-7

Miscellaneous Enhancem ents C-7

■ G3V3 Release Notes C-8

Answering Machine Detection (AMD) C-8
User to User Information (UUI) Transport C-8
Version Control C-8
Proprietary Adjunct Links C-8
Multiple Monitors C-9
Optionable Switch-Classified Calls on

International Switches C-9
Multiple Outstanding Route Requests C-9
Connected Event Report for Non-ISDN Trunks C-9
ASAI-Provid e d Di gits C-9
ASAI-Requested Digit Col le ction C-1 0

■ G3V2 Release Notes C-11

International Address Type for ISDN Calls C-11
Redirection on No Answer C-11
VDNs in Coverage Path C-11
Converse Vector Command C-11
Called Party Number in Route Requests C-11
Expert Agent Selection (EASe) C-11

■ System Capacity Requirements for Previous Releases C-14

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GL Glossary GL-1

IN Index IN-1

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2 ASAI and Supported Applications

2-1. Single Link — Single Processor Configuration 2-1
2-2. Multiple Link — Single Processor Configuration 2-16
2-3. Single Link — Multiple Processors Configuration 2-17
2-4. Singl e Link — Gateway/Server Configuration 2-18
2-5. ASAI Integration with a VRU Configuration 2-19

13 ASAI-Ethernet

13-1. DEFINITY LAN Gateway System Assembly in a

DEFINITY ECS Carrier 13-2
13-2. Cable Connectivity to the System Assembly 13-3
13-3. MAPD System Assembly in a

DEFINITY ECS Carrier 13-5
13-4. Cable Connectivity to the MAPD

System Assembly 13-6
13-5. Overall System Connectivity for MFB/MAPD 13-8
13-6. Relationship of Virtual BRI Ports,

Brouter, and DEFINITY LAN Gateway Clients 13-10

A Call Scenarios and Applications

A-1. Multiple ECS Configu ration A-25
A-2. Call Flow for Blind Transfer to Another ECS A -27
A-3. Call Flow for Consultation Transfer to Another ECS A-29
A-4. Call Flow for Incoming Call to

Lookahead Interflow Vector A-32
A-5. Call Flow for a Transfer to a

Lookahead Interflow Vector A-35
A-6. Cal l F low for In c o ming Ca ll to Ski l l VDN A-39
A-7. Call Flow for Incoming Call to Logical

Agent Transferred to Another Logical Agent A-41
A-8. Call Flow for Direct Agent Call to

Logical Agent’s Login ID A-43
A-9. Skill Hunt Groups and Logical Agents A-45
A-10. Call Flow for a Converse Step that

can be Interrupted A-47

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A-11. Call Flow for a Converse Step that will

not be Interrupted A-49
A-12. Call Flow for a Call where RONA Timer Expires A-51
A-13. Call Flow for a Direct Agent Call where

RONA Timer Expires A-54
A-14. Call Flow for an Agent who has a VDN in the

Coverage Path A-56
A-15. Call Flow for Call to a VDN with

Announcement and Routed to Another VDN A-58
A-16. Outgoing Call over Non-ISDN Trunk A-60
A-17. Call Flow for Outgoing ISDN Call that

Traverses a non-ISDN Network A-61
A-18. Distributed ACD Configuration A-63

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