Programming and MD110 1

[mikko123]

First of all I am completely unfamiliar with md110. I am looking for help because my customer bought MD110 and Application link and I am supposed to develop an application which they can use for calling. Now im interested to know where to start. I googled a bit and noticed that theres JTAPI for java which can be used for similar tasks. MD110 is supposed to support ECMA-CSTA standard. Does that include CSTA XML?

Im looking to integrate "Call this number button" to php application and I am getting a bit desperate.

 

[whosrdaddy]

you have 2 routes to go :

M$ TAPI (clients needs to have tapi converter+ app link client installed)

or go the CSTA/Tsapi route (client needs only app link client installed)
look for the NOVELL TSapi examples for more info.

going the TAPI route is more easy though...

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[mikko123]

Can you point me to examples where to start with csta?

 

[whosrdaddy]

just do a few googles,like for "csta md110 programming"

here's one :

http://support.novell.com/techcenter/articles/dnd19940903.html

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[mikko123]

Thank you for informational response! My next question would be: does MD110 support CSTA XML which seems to be quite simple way to communicate with it.

Im doing all this in Linux / cross platform with windows.

 

[mikko123]

And I mean, can I just open tcp/ip socket to applicationlink port and send xml file to stream?

I would require some step-by-step assistance on this one. I might be able to pay something (not much thou but i would really appreciate detailed help because im very new to this stuff)

 

[whosrdaddy]

Mikko123,

I'm afraid it's not that easy. just look at the makecall.c routine in the link I mentioned above. that's the only way...

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[mikko123]

I tried opening socket and sending XML and i got some response which kind of makes sense (first seemed like random string but hexdump revealed that first bytes tell the amount of data the ApplicationLink sends back).

How else should CSTA XML work if this is not the correct way? CSTA XML should work with SOAP also (which means one could use HTTP as transport layer.)

 

[mikko123]

Finally after tests I got response!

"Unknown ACSE PDU received, cannot be decoded, ignoring request" to trace log.

(Sent XSD file in ASN.1 encoded format)

Am I on the right way?

 

[fidde]

You can not do it that way, you need to talk pure CSTA that is ASN1 coded. If you want a easier way you can search for som kind of middleware. I have used CT-connect and it makes it a lot simpler. You can search the net for it (I think it's renamed)

 

[mikko123]

Ah, so I need MD110, Application Link and also CT-Connect?

You dont happen to have any Linux/Unix examples from what I am doing?

http://www.envox.com/software/envox-ct-connect.asp

(is this the software you were talking about?)