connecting a tandberg MXP to a codian bridge....remotely

[jpowell79]

Guys do you know if its somehow possible to web-interface into a Tandberg MXP and get it to connect to a conference hosted on a codian bridge?

We've been connecting to the Codian MCU 4520 demo unit in California, and it works well.....but it would be great if we could web-interface into the codecs, get them to dial into the codian (this bit is easy to do), and then remotely use DTMF tones to type in our meeting pin and passcode.

So basically have 4 sites UK wide, all connected into a conference, without having to go into each individual room to type in the meeting pin and passcode.

Is this possible?

Thanks

[machuky]

Hi,

sorry not to really respond to your question, but I have the exact same issue. Impossible to go to the room to launch calls ( too many rooms and conferences ), so HTTP interface calls are mandatory.
I use Tandbergs MXPs and MPS and I succeeded in calling from room to MPS conference, from an MPS to another one, without too much fuss ( I'm talking ISDN connections here, of course )
But to a Polycom MGC 50 ? No way...
:angry:
I opened a ticket at my providers' and the response seems to be ' we don't know'.
I was kind of desperate, wondering if I was the only one to meet this issue. Seems I'm not...
Looks like there is a chance to succeed by telneting the MXP and issuing key presses from the cmd line, but frankly, it is a PITA ( plus it requests some dev. time, and I have none to speak about ).
So +1 for me, for what it's worth, and if anyone has a solution to this, please join the thread.

Anyway, thanks a lot for raising this issue.,

machuky

[phantom_iv]

but it would be great if we could web-interface into the codecs, get them to dial into the codian (this bit is easy to do), and then remotely use DTMF tones to type in our meeting pin and passcode.

Is there any reason why you can't dial out to the MXPs from the MCU? Then you can do it all from one place, and no DTMF to worry about.

Otherwise you can send DTMF from MXP endpoints using their API - however I much prefer the MCU dial-out idea.

[jpowell79]

can send DTMF from MXP endpoints using their API - however I much prefer the MCU dial-out idea.

Do you (or anyone else) know how to do this?

Please share it with us if you do :-)

[phantom_iv]

Do you (or anyone else) know how to do this?

Please share it with us if you do :-)

xCommand dtmfsend is your friend (that almost rhymes :))

[jpowell79]

xCommand dtmfsend is your friend (that almost rhymes :))

Thanks Phantom, but I'm still not 100% sure how you use this command.

If you could provide an example, that would be great!

So lets say (for example), you want to call 01234 123 123 (bridge) and once connected, dial DTMF 123 for the conference no. and 456 for the passcode.

How would you do that via telnet??

thanks

[phantom_iv]

Have a look at http://www.tandberg.com/collateral/documentation/Application_Programmer_Interfaces/TANDBERG_MXP_API.pdf - it gives examples of how to initiate calls and send dtmf.

More specifically you'd do something like,

xcommand dial 01234 123 123
[wait for a bit]
xcommand dtmfsend 1
xcommand dtmfsend 2
xcommand dtmfsend 3
[wait for a bit]
xcommand dtmfsend 4
xcommand dtmfsend 5
xcommand dtmfsend 6

I'm not sure if you can send larger dtmf strings than one character at once, but the above should work (especially if you write a script to do it :))