[asterisk-users] Fwd: Nortel BCM - Call Accounting Interface?

[Taylor, Jonn]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 13:27 +0000, Steve Howes wrote:
>   
>> On 21 Dec 2009, at 12:04, Alex Bell wrote:
>>     
>>>  Dear List,
>>>       Need to know if anyone on this list has had any experience  
>>> with using the Nortel BCM 50 for Call Account Reporting using an IP  
>>> connection to a Linux / Asterisk interface? Presently, I have a BCM  
>>> 50 installed that uses a local Lenova Small Form Factor PC with a  
>>> windows XP / os that quit reporting because of a up-grade to the  
>>> Nortel reporting software. Nortel support is now telling me that my  
>>> PC needs to be up-graded for it to work with the newly patched  
>>> reporting software. Nortel as far as I know is a Windows only shop  
>>> and uses IIS and a utility to pull the data stream out of the BCM  
>>> and into the local pc that uses MSSql. What I'm looking to  
>>> accomplish is use a virtual machine running * and MySql to pull the  
>>> call data. I'm aware that Nortel use proprietary sw, but was  
>>> wondering if any Nortel Guru on the list has had any luck using *  
>>> and a 3rd party call accounting software to share?
>>>  Thanks for any help, suggestions or directions on where to find  
>>> help you can provide.
>>>  Al
>>>       
>> What is the Asterisk bit for? Cant you just pull the CDRs off the  
>> Nortel by whatever means their software did, then put that into some  
>> 3rd party software?
>>     
>
> Ditto -
>
> (a) Nortel hardware / software is proprietary garbage, and their tech
> documents are as useful as toilet paper.  Nortel doesn't understand the
> whole point of VoIP or Open Networks.
> (b) Just use wireshark to sniff the traffic between their proprietary
> software and the BCM to see what network standard they bastardized to
> achieve their rudimentary and unreliable level of functionality - then
> pick your favorite of Python/Mono/Perl... to just setup the same
> connection and do the same thing.  That is one way to figure out there
> hacked IMAP service that provides access to voice mail [when those
> *&@^*&@$ could just publish a spec....]
>
> I've unfortunately got 15 of those Nortel pieces of crap.
>
>
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First off Nortel has used VxWorks for their large PBX's for as long as I 
can remember. All their new VOIP servers are linux. As for you BCM50, 
there is only one way to get the CDR records with out the Telephony 
Manager, serial port. All BCM's have them. The TM software polls the BCM 
for the CDR, it logs in thought a PPP session.

Jonn
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