NEC Student Services Installation Manual

STUDENT SERVICES

Installation Guide

NEC America, Inc.

NDA-30073

Revision 1

October, 1997

Stock # 241689

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Student Services - Installation Guide CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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How to Use This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Guide Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What is Student Services? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Application & Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Application Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Pre-Installation Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installation Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Install Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

UNIX Subsystem Database Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

EXCEPTIONS to Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Overall Configuration Requirement s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Configuration for Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Screen Saver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Report Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Configuration for StationControl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Primary Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

APM Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Student Services - Installation Guide INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

This guide provides the information needed to install and configure the Student

Services application software. This document is based on Release 1 of the Stude nt

Services software.

Refer also to the Student Services Administrator Guide for additional information.

It describes the screens and functions for Administrator operation of Student

Services. Additional i nstallation and configuration infor mation can be found in t he

following manuals:

• Applications Manager (APM) Operations Manual - Describes how

applications are configured in the APM environment and how the Student

Services databases are created using the entries and values provided in this

guide.

• NEAX2400 System Manuals - Provides detailed descriptions for parameter

assignments that must be made through the Maintenance Administration

Terminal (MAT) commands on the NEAX2400.

How to Use This Guide

This guide describes t he screens, parameter s, and step-by-step pr ocedures to install

and configure all components of the Student Services software. The organization

of this guide reflects the order of installation and configuration for the Student

Services a pplication and its components.

Guide

Organization

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 1 details how to use this guide, the actual guide organization, and an

overview of Student Services.

Chapter 2- Software Installation

This chapter describes the procedure to install the Student Services software from

diskette.

Chapter 3- Application Configuration

Chapter 3 describes spe cific fiel d entries that must be made or verified t o properly

configure Student Services for operation.

Chapter 4- MAT Assignments

Various data parameters must be set through the MAT function at the PBX. These

parameters are described in this chapter.

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INTRODUCTION Student Services - Installation Guide

What is Student Services?

Overview

Student Services is an appl ication software pack age for the NEC Open Application

Interface (OAI) environment. It operates on an NEC User Application Processor

(UAP) system, in conjunction with an NEC PBX system.

The Student Services application is designed to meet th e needs of a student housing

facility. It provides a telephone system Administrator’s interface for feature and

operational scheduling of designated telephone stations and station groups.

The application updates st ation parameters directl y to the premises NEC PBX. The

PBX applies these parameters to the designated stations, providing telephone

service restrictions or service changes based on a defined schedule.

Application &

Functions

Often in a student housing environment, telephone service must be limited and

operational capabilities changed on a scheduled basis. Daily, weekly, and special

term scheduling may be required depending on the facility. Additionally, the

telephone privileges and scheduling may be different for select groups of users.

Student Services provi des a database f or station tele phone funct ions. The database

allows existing stations to be scheduled for special operation according to the

defined parameters of the schedule. Stations can also be grouped in a group

database where parameters can be defined and scheduled over the whole group.

Application

Components

The Student Services so ftware package is comprised of several internal

components that perform the primary application functions:

• The Administrator component provides the system administrator’s inter-

face to Stude nt Services. The interface allows an administrator to add, de-

lete, and modify records in the Student Services databa se files. The inte rface

provides access to event scheduling and immediate event requests, along

with record printing and database find functions.

• StationControl is an OAI component that uses PBX components to set

route restriction class, station forwarding, and service feature class. It com-

municates with the PBX and performs the specified actions.

• The StopTalk component (also an OAI component) manages the termina-

tion of activ e cal l s when an event is started . It manag es the communication

between the va ri ous Stude nt Serv ices components and the PBX to invoke a

warning announcement to the callers and to activate call termination.

• The Override OAI component provides a special function for the adminis-

trator. This function allows an administrator to make calls to stations that

have been restricted from receiving incoming calls by a Student Services

event (ov erriding t he ev ent restriction) . This can be useful in emergenc y and

special announcement situations.