Author: dbenda

Agent doesn’t go into Not Ready state (UCCE RONA)

By dbenda

Hello everyone,  Today I would like to share a case, which happened at our customer UCCE recently. They tried to configure Ringing On No Answer (RONA) logic in their contact center. However when they tested it, they discovered that if the agent didn’t answer the call, his state didn’t change to Not Ready as it…

Why internal calls dialed by extensions fail in Cisco Webex Calling

By dbenda

Today I am going to share with you, my dear readers, some experience of working with Cisco cloud telephony – Cisco Webex Calling. One of my customers received his own tenant in Webex Calling and started using it. So, they received access to Webex Control Hub, they configured some users with extensions for testing, etc.…

Create Generated Prompt and Create Container Prompt Steps in UCCX Scripts

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In many UCCX scripts a developer can meet a task to spell or pronounce some phrases from intermediate variables whose values are dynamically determined based on runtime script information. For example, the customer enters his information like his credit card number or zip code etc. and the script must confirm it by spelling this value…

Saving Information to a Text File in UCCX Repository

By dbenda

Being a Cisco Instructor, I often receive practical questions from my students and customers about some configurations of Cisco UC products. Many scenarios are not clearly described in Cisco documentation and therefore can be found only during real work with Cisco equipment and products. One of these question was related to UCCX. Our customer wanted…

Understanding Cisco Voice Gateways – Part 4. Digital Voice Ports

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In the previous parts of our Cisco Voice Gateway story we identified what analog voice ports are. Also we talked about different types of analog supervisory signaling. Now let’s see how we can use our Cisco voice gateways with digital lines such as T1, E1 and BRI. These types of connection are still widely available…

Voice and DTMF input in UCCX Script with Nuance ASR

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Some days ago I helped one guy to solve his problem with the voice menu in his UCCX script. He had UCCX integrates with Nuance ASR and he was asked to provide a menu with both voice and DTMF input in his UCCX Script. Let me show you, how it can be configured.  First of…

Pinging Multiple IP addresses with Python

By dbenda

Recently, we talked with you about using Python for network programming. Let me share you an simple example of a Python script, which helps me a lot in my work. Before every course the trainers have to check the lab operation. The next week I will deliver the CCEA (Cisco Contact Center Enterprise Administration) course…

Understanding Cisco Voice Gateways – Part 2. Analog Voice Ports

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Today we are going to continue our conversation about Cisco Voice Gateways. In the beginning we defined what the voice gateways are, and now it is time to see how we can connect our VoIP infrastructure to traditional analog lines or devices. Yes, it is 2022, however the analog connections are still implemented. That’s why…

Unlock CUCM Application Administration account

By dbenda

This post I’d like to write mostly for myself as a reminder, because I have to deal with such a situation very often during the labs on our Cisco UC courses. Unfortunately I always forget the CUCM CLI commands and have to search them in the net 😀. The problem is that the students enter…

Understanding Cisco Voice Gateways – Part 1

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The previous topic about Caller ID issues on Cisco FXO ports was of interest to many readers, and that’s why I decided to write series of posts about Cisco Voice Gateways for beginners. I see in our classes that the Voice Gateways are always a kind of a “dark horse” to our students, especially when we…

Caller ID doesn’t work at FXO port on Cisco Voice Gateway

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This morning I participated in a discussion on Cisco Community about a problem with Caller ID on FXO port. And this discussion reminded me my recent experience with a similar problem, which one of my customer faced in his Cisco PSTN voice gateway. It was new configuration for a voice gateway in a small branch…

Collecting logs for UCCE. Method 2 – Analysis Manager of the RTMT

By dbenda

Hello everyone,  Let’s continue our conversation about collecting logs for Cisco Contact Center Enterprise (CCE). In the first part of the story we saw, how to retrieve the logs with Diagnostic Framework Portico. Now it is time to show you, how you can do it more effectively with Cisco Real Time Monitoring Tool (RTMT). Almost…

Diagnostic Framework Portico web page doesn’t open (UCCE/PCCE)

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In the beginning of 2022 we discussed how to collect Cisco Contact Center Enterprise logs with Diagnostic Framework Portico. From time to time my students and customers face the issue when they can’t open the Diagnostic Framework Portico web-page. So they try to lunch it from CCE Tools folder or just simply type the link…

CUCM AXL

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When the engineers deploy Cisco UCCX or Cisco Unity Connection and integrate such system with Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), one of the common task is to configure so called CUCM AXL User credentials. Of course, the guys, who do such an integration for the first time in their life, wonder what the AXL really…

Python for Network Programming

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The era in which a network engineer only had to manage or configure one device at a time is quickly disappearing. With the growth of network devices, the adoption of cloud, and the desire of companies to be more flexible for a competitive edge in their market, the old ways of performing network management do…

How to enable Early Offer in SIP Trunk CUCM?

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One of the most frequently asked question, when connecting Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) to Public Switch Telephony Network or to any other VoIP system with a SIP Trunk, is how to configure SIP Early Offer media negotiations for this SIP trunk. By default, CUCM SIP trunks send the INVITE message without an initial offer (Delayed…