Bulk Administration Tool User Guide, Release 5.0(1) - Working with the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support [Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CallManager)]

Table Of Contents

Working with the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support

Introducing TAPS

Auto-registration Options for TAPS

Using TAPS with New Phones

Using TAPS for Reloading Configurations

Secured Directory Numbers

Language Prompts for TAPS Users

Installing TAPS

Configuring TAPS in Cisco CallManager

Configuring the TAPS Application in CRS Applications Server

Uninstalling TAPS

Completing TAPS Uninstallation

Starting TAPS

Stopping TAPS

Setting TAPS Options

Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS

Setting Secure Directory Numbers

Restricting Directory Numbers

Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number

Removing All Directory Numbers

Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers

Setting User Locales for TAPS

Adding Languages for TAPS Prompts

Removing Languages for TAPS Prompts

TAPS Information for End Users

Working with the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support

The Tool for Auto-Registered Phone Support (TAPS) application enables phone users to call the TAPS directory number and download the preconfigured phone settings for the user's directory number. TAPS works in conjunction with Cisco CallManager Administration to provide these capabilities:

Configure TAPS—Allows you to enable TAPS usage for all phones that use auto-registration or to limit TAPS to only phones that are added through BAT with dummy MAC addresses. See the "Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS" section.

Secure TAPS—Allows you to keep some directory numbers from being updated through TAPS. See the "Setting Secure Directory Numbers" section

User Locales for TAPS—Allows you to choose the languages for TAPS prompts. See the "Setting Secure Directory Numbers" section.

The following topics provide information about using, installing, and configuring TAPS:

•Introducing TAPS

•Installing TAPS

•Configuring TAPS in Cisco CallManager

•Uninstalling TAPS

•Starting TAPS

•Stopping TAPS

•Setting TAPS Options

•TAPS Information for End Users

Introducing TAPS

To work with auto-registration, you must install some TAPS components on the Cisco CallManager publisher server. You must enable auto-registration in Cisco CallManager Administration for TAPS to function.

The TAPS application also gets installed on the Cisco Customer Response Solutions (Cisco CRS) server. TAPS requires the Cisco IP Interactive Voice Response (IP IVR) application that runs on the Cisco CRS server for the user interface and prompts.

Administrators need to provide instructions to tell end users how to use TAPS to configure their new phones. For end user instructions, see the "TAPS Information for End Users" section

Note Cisco recommends that you stop the TAPS service when you are not using TAPS to add phones to Cisco CallManager database. See the "Stopping TAPS" section.

Related Topics

•Auto-registration Options for TAPS

•Secured Directory Numbers

•Language Prompts for TAPS Users

Auto-registration Options for TAPS

You can set the following options for using TAPS to update auto-registering phones.

•Update MAC addresses and download a predefined configuration for new phones.

•Reload the configuration for replacement phones.

Using TAPS with New Phones

After BAT has added the new phone configurations with dummy MAC addresses in Cisco CallManager Administration, you can plug the phones into the network. You or the phone user can dial a TAPS directory number that causes the phone to download its configuration. At the same time, the phone gets updated in Cisco CallManager Administration with the correct MAC address. You must make sure that Auto-registration is enabled in Cisco CallManager Administration (System > Cisco CallManager) for TAPS to function.

Example

You have 100 new-hire employees starting on Monday. You must add these users and their new phones to Cisco CallManager Administration. You can use BAT to create a phone template for these 100 phones and a CSV data file for phones and users. By using the dummy MAC address option in the CSV data file, you do not need to add the individual MAC addresses for the new phones. With auto-registration enabled in Cisco CallManager, you can plug the phones directly into the network. You or the new employee can load the configuration by dialing the TAPS directory number and following the voice-prompt instructions.

Using TAPS for Reloading Configurations

When you must replace an existing phone that is not functioning, you can use TAPS to download the existing phone configuration to the new phone. After the user receives the new phone and plugs the phone into the network, the user dials the TAPS directory number to download configuration for the previous phone. The user makes no configuration changes during this process.

In Cisco CallManager Administration, you must enable auto-registration. You must ensure that you configure TAPS usage for all phones to enable a user to download an existing phone configuration. See the "Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS" section.

Example

John's Cisco IP Phone 7940 gets short-circuited during a lightning storm. He receives a new Cisco IP Phone 7940 and plugs it into the network. John can dial the TAPS directory number, and the new phone will download the configuration that was previously used for the damaged phone. TAPS automatically updates device information in Cisco CallManager Administration.

Related Topics

•Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS

•Introducing TAPS

Secured Directory Numbers

Because TAPS can replace a directory number, you can protect certain directory numbers from being overwritten. To protect important directory numbers, you can use the Secure TAPS option. See the"Setting Secure Directory Numbers" section for more information.

Example

The directory number 5000 provides voice-messaging access for your system. You do not want a new user to mistakenly configure 5000 on the new phone. The Secure TAPS option allows you to specify that TAPS cannot access directory number "5000."

Related Topics

•Setting Secure Directory Numbers

•Introducing TAPS

Language Prompts for TAPS Users

You can configure user prompts for TAPS to play in several languages. Administrators can choose the languages to make available to users. See the "Setting User Locales for TAPS" section.

If you need to use language prompts other than English prompts, make sure that you installed the Cisco IP Telephony Locale Installer on every Cisco CallManager and Cisco CRS server in the cluster before you install, upgrade, or configure TAPS. Using the locale installer ensures that you have the latest translated text, translated voice prompts, country-specific phone tones, and country-specific gateways tones available for the phones. For more information on the Cisco IP Telephony Locale Installer, refer to the specific locale installer documentation.

Related Topics

•Setting User Locales for TAPS

•Introducing TAPS

Installing TAPS

This section provides information about installing, reinstalling, and uninstalling TAPS. TAPS interfaces with both Cisco CallManager publisher server and Cisco Customer Response Solution (CRS) 3.5 server; therefore, the installation involves both of these servers.

Prior to BAT Release 5.0(1), TAPS installation and uninstallation for Cisco CallManager was part of the BAT installation program.With BAT 5.0(1), TAPS is installed separately.

During TAPS installation or reinstallation on the publisher database server, the setup program halts the following services:

•IIS Administration

•World Wide Web publishing

•FTP publishing

These services restart when the installation is finished.

You cannot use Windows Terminal Services to install TAPS. You must install TAPS directly from the Cisco CallManager publisher server and the Cisco CRS server.

Note If you installed TAPS 5.0(1) prior to installing BAT 5.0(1), do not uninstall the previous release of BAT. You must upgrade BAT to 5.01 because the BAT 4.X uninstall programs also remove TAPS components.

Before You Begin

The following prerequisites apply to the TAPS installation for BAT Release 5.0:

•Make sure that the publisher database for Cisco CallManager is configured and running. The publisher database can reside on its own server or on the same server as Cisco CallManager.

•Before installing TAPS, ensure that the latest BAT release is installed on the publisher database server for Cisco CallManager.

•Have the IP address for the Cisco CallManager publisher server and the private phrase for the installation procedure.

•Ensure the Cisco CRS server is configured. The Cisco CRS 3.5 application can reside on its own dedicated server or can be co-located on the same server as Cisco CallManager.

•Be sure to use the locale installer to create the country-specific TAPS prompts.

•Ensure that the Windows 2000 Services window is closed.

To install TAPS, use this procedure.

Procedure

Step 1 Log on with administrator privileges to the system that is running the publisher database for Cisco CallManager (where you installed BAT).

Step 2 Access Cisco Bulk Administration Tool.

Step 3 Choose Applications > Install Plugins.

Step 4 Find TAPS (Tool for Auto-Registered Phone Support) and double-click the setup icon.

Step 5 The Welcome window for the installation wizard opens. This installation program installs TAPS on the Cisco CallManager publisher server and the CRS applications server at the same time, if applications are co-located on the same server. Click Next.

Note When you are installing TAPS in a network with a dedicated CRS server, you must run the TAPS installation program again on the CRS server. Use CRS online help for assistance with installation and configuration.

Step 6 Enter the Cisco CallManager publisher server IP address in the IP Address field, and click Next.

Step 7 Enter the Private Phrase for the Cisco CallManager publisher server in the Installing Cisco CallManager Components window and click Next.

Step 8 The Installing TAPSonCCM and TAPSonAppsServer window displays a progress bar that shows the status of the installation. Click Next to begin the installation.

Step 9 The Installation Completed window displays when the installation ends. Click Finish.

Configuring TAPS in Cisco CallManager

Like other applications in the Cisco IP telephony system, TAPS has some configuration requirements. You must add a CTI route point, CTI ports, and users in Cisco CallManager Administration. You need only one CTI route point for the TAPS application. You will need at least one CTI port to make TAPS available to users, but you can configure more CTI ports for users if desired.

Use Cisco CallManager Administration for the following tasks:

•Create a CTI route point and assign it a unique directory number.

•Set call forward busy, call forward no answer, and call forward on failure to the operator number on the TAPS CTI route point.

•Create one or more CTI ports with directory numbers. You can create CTI ports in BAT or in Cisco CallManager Administration.

TAPS supports a maximum number of sessions equal to the number of CTI ports that are configured for TAPS. For example, if you have configured five CTI ports, up to five users can dial into TAPS at same the time. The sixth caller cannot connect to TAPS.

•Create a user. The TAPS route point and ports should be in the user's control devices list. Set "Enable CTI applications use" for the user.

•Create an auto-registration partition/calling search space to prevent phones that have auto-registered from dialing any directory number other than the directory number that is assigned to the TAPS CTI route point. Restricting access to this directory number ensures that users download the proper configuration information for their phones.

For information about how to add or assign these values, see the Cisco CallManager Administration Guide.

To start Cisco TAPS Service, you must use the Services window in Windows 2000.

Configuring the TAPS Application in CRS Applications Server

You can review the Cisco CRS 3.5 Application Server documentation by browsing to Cisco Voice Applications and Tools at http://www.cisco.com. Refer to the Cisco Customer Response Administration Guide for instructions on how to configure an application.

Note When you are installing TAPS in a network with a dedicated CRS server, you must run the TAPS installation program again on the CRS server. Use CRS online help for assistance with installation and configuration.

Related Topics

•Uninstalling TAPS

•Completing TAPS Uninstallation

•Starting TAPS

•Stopping TAPS

•Setting TAPS Options

Uninstalling TAPS

The uninstall program removes the TAPS applications from the system when both CRS and Cisco CallManager are running on the same server (co-located).

If Cisco CallManager publisher and CRS are installed on different servers, you must remove TAPS from both servers. After completing the following steps on the server that is running the publisher database for Cisco CallManager, you must complete the uninstallation of TAPS on the Cisco CRS server.

Note If you uninstall BAT, the TAPS components remain installed on the server.You cannot open the TAPS user interface because you must use the BAT Configure menu to access the TAPS user interface. The TAPS directory number remains available to users for updating phones

To uninstall TAPS by using the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, use the following procedure.

Procedure

Step 1 On the server that is running the publisher database for Cisco CallManager, choose Start > Settings > Control Panel> Add/Remove programs.

Step 2 Choose TAPS and click the Change/Remove button. A message displays that confirms the uninstall operation.

Step 3 To uninstall TAPS, click Yes or No to cancel. The IIS Admin service stops, files are deleted, and the IIS Admin service restarts.

Step 4 To exit the uninstallation, click OK.

For co-located systems, you have removed both the Cisco CallManager and CRS components of TAPS.

If TAPS is also running on a dedicated CRS server, you must also complete the steps in the "Completing TAPS Uninstallation" section.

Completing TAPS Uninstallation

To uninstall TAPS from the Cisco CRS server, perform the following steps. This procedure completes the TAPS uninstallation.

Procedure

Step 1 On the Cisco CRS server, choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.

Step 2 Choose TAPS and click the Change/Remove button. A message displays that confirms the uninstall operation.

Step 3 To uninstall TAPS, click Yes or No to cancel. If you clicked Yes, TAPS uninstalls from the Cisco CRS server.

Step 4 To exit the uninstallation, click OK.

Related Topic

•Installing TAPS

•Configuring TAPS in Cisco CallManager

Starting TAPS

You must manually start the TAPS service. Use this procedure to start TAPS.

Procedure

Step 1 On the server that is running the publisher database for Cisco CallManager, choose Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Services.

The Services window displays.

Step 2 Double-click Cisco TAPS.

The TAPS service now runs. If the service should fail, you must manually start TAPS again.

Related Topic

•Setting TAPS Options

Stopping TAPS

Cisco recommends that you stop the TAPS service when you are not using TAPS to add phones to Cisco CallManager database. Stop the TAPS service from the Services window on the publisher server where BAT is installed.

Procedure

Step 1 On the server that is running the publisher database for Cisco CallManager, choose Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Services. The Services window displays.

Step 2 In the list of services, right-click Cisco TAPS and click Stop.

Related Topic

•Starting TAPS

Setting TAPS Options

Administrators can choose how to use TAPS in their Cisco CallManager system. These TAPS feature options provide more flexibility when allowing users to update phones or download phone profiles. The TAPS options include:

•Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS

•Setting Secure Directory Numbers

•Setting User Locales for TAPS

To access TAPS Options, on the machine that is running BAT, choose Start > Programs > Cisco CallManager 4.0> Bulk Admin Tool. The BAT main window displays.

Choose Configure>TAPS and the TAPS Options window displays.

Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS

The Configure TAPS option provides two ways to use TAPS to update phones that auto-register with the Cisco CallManager database.

•For phones that are added by using BAT and have a dummy MAC address.

•For existing phones in Cisco CallManager Administration

The default setting limits use of TAPS to phones that have a dummy MAC address with a device name that starts with the prefix "BAT."

You can set the Configure TAPS option to allow any phone to auto-register in the Cisco CallManager system, including phones that have a standard MAC address.

To set the Configure TAPS option, use this procedure.

Procedure

Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose Configure TAPS and click Next. The Configure TAPS window displays.

Step 2 Choose one of these two options:

•Allow Auto-Registered phones to reset with a profile with a dummy MAC address.

TAPS updates only the phones that have the dummy MAC address option.

•Allow Auto-Registered phones to reset with any profile.

TAPS updates any phone that auto-registers.

Step 3 Click Update. A status message indicates that the update completed.

Step 4 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back.

Related Topic

•Using TAPS with New Phones

•Using TAPS for Reloading Configurations

•Secured Directory Numbers

•Language Prompts for TAPS Users

Setting Secure Directory Numbers

The Secure TAPS options let you specify directory numbers that TAPS cannot access. Use this capability when you want to protect directory numbers from being accidentally assigned to another phone.

To access TAPS Options, on the machine that is running BAT, choose Start > Programs > Cisco CallManager 4.0> Bulk Admin Tool. The BAT main window displays.

Choose Configure>TAPS and the TAPS Options window displays.

Related Topics

•Restricting Directory Numbers

•Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number

•Removing All Directory Numbers

•Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers

Restricting Directory Numbers

To block TAPS from using directory numbers that you specify, use this procedure. TAPS cannot use any directory number that you include in the list of secured directory numbers.

Procedure

Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose Secure TAPS and click Next. The Secure Directory Numbers window appears.

Step 2 In the Directory Number field, enter the number that you want to protect from TAPS.

Step 3 Click Secure. A prompt tells you that the directory number was added to the list of secured numbers.

Step 4 Click OK.

Step 5 Continue to add directory numbers by repeating Step 4 through Step 6. When you finish adding directory numbers, click View Secured DN.

A list box displays the directory numbers that you have protected. TAPS cannot use the directory numbers that are shown in this list. If a user tries to update a device profile by entering one of the directory numbers in this list, TAPS will refuse the request.

Note The View Secure DN list box does not automatically refresh. If you want to see the latest list of secured directory numbers, click Refresh List to redisplay an updated list.

Step 6 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back.

Related Topics

•Secured Directory Numbers

•Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number

•Removing All Directory Numbers

•Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers

Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number

To remove a directory number from the list of directory numbers that TAPS cannot access, use this procedure.

Procedure

Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose Secure TAPS and click Next. The Secure Directory Numbers window appears.

Step 2 In the field, enter the directory number that you want to unprotect from TAPS.

Step 3 Click Remove. A prompt indicates that the directory number has been removed from the list of secured directory numbers.

Step 4 Click OK.

Step 5 Continue to remove directory numbers by repeating Step4 through Step 6. When you finish removing directory numbers, click View Secured DN.

A list box displays the directory numbers that are protected. If a user tries to update a device profile by entering one of the directory numbers in this list, TAPS will refuse the request.

Note The View Secure DN list box does not automatically refresh. If you want to see the latest list of secured directory numbers, click Refresh List to display an updated list.

Step 6 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back.

Related Topics

•Secured Directory Numbers

•Setting Secure Directory Numbers

•Removing All Directory Numbers

•Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers

Removing All Directory Numbers

To remove all the secured directory numbers from the list, use this procedure.

Procedure

Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose Secure TAPS and click Next. The Secure Directory Numbers window appears.

Step 2 Click Remove All. A prompt indicates that no directory numbers will be secured from TAPS.

Step 3 Click OK to clear all directory numbers or click Cancel to cancel the clear operation. A prompt advises you that the list of directory numbers that are protected from TAPS has been cleared.

Step 4 Click OK.

Step 5 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back.

Related Topics

•Secured Directory Numbers

•Restricting Directory Numbers

•Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number

•Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers

Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers

To view a list of directory numbers that TAPS cannot access, use this procedure.

Procedure

Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose Secure TAPS and click Next. The Secure Directory Numbers window appears.

Step 2 Click View Secured DN.

A list box displays. TAPS cannot use the directory numbers that are shown in this list. If a user tries to update a device profile by entering one of the directory numbers in this list, TAPS will refuse the request.

Step 3 Close the list box.

Step 4 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back.

Related Topics

•Secured Directory Numbers

•Restricting Directory Numbers

•Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number

•Removing All Directory Numbers

Setting User Locales for TAPS

Administrators can specify the languages for TAPs voice prompts by using the User Locales for TAPS option. You can configure user prompts for TAPS in several languages. Before you install or upgrade TAPS, make sure that you installed the Cisco IP Telephony Locale Installer on every Cisco CallManager and Cisco CRS server in the cluster. Using the locale installer ensures that you have the latest translated text, translated voice prompts, country-specific phone tones, and country-specific gateways tones that are available for the phones. For more information on the Cisco IP Telephony Locale Installer, refer to the specific locale installer documentation.

To access TAPS Options, on the machine that is running BAT, choose Start > Programs > Cisco CallManager 4.0> Bulk Admin Tool. The BAT main window displays.

Choose Configure>TAPS and the TAPS Options window displays.

Adding Languages for TAPS Prompts

To set the languages for TAPS prompts, use this procedure.

Procedure

Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose User Locales for TAPS and click Next. The Select User Locales window displays.

Step 2 In the User Locales list box, which is the list of languages that are installed on Cisco CallManager, choose the languages that you want to use for user prompts. Click the arrow to move the chosen language to the Selected User Locales list box.

Step 3 You can choose as many languages as you need for user prompts and move them to the Selected User Locales list box.

Step 4 After you have chosen the languages for user prompts, click Update. A status message indicates that the update completed.

Step 5 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back.

Related Topic

•Adding Languages for TAPS Prompts

•Removing Languages for TAPS Prompts

Removing Languages for TAPS Prompts

To remove the languages for TAPS prompts, use this procedure.

Procedure

Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose User Locales for TAPS and click Next. The Select User Locales window displays.

Step 2 In the Selected User Locales list box, which is the list of languages that is chosen for user prompts, choose the language that you want to remove.

Step 3 Click the arrow to move the chosen language to the User Locales list box.

You can choose one or many languages from user prompts and move them to the User Locales list box.

Step 4 Click Update. A status message indicates that the updated is completed.

Step 5 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back.

Related Topic

•Adding Languages for TAPS Prompts

•Setting Secure Directory Numbers

•Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS

TAPS Information for End Users

To configure your new phone, use this procedure.

Procedure

Step 1 Plug the phone into a port.

The phone automatically registers and displays a number.

Step 2 Dial the TAPS extension that your system administrator provided.

Step 3 A voice prompts you to choose the language that you want to use. Choose appropriately.

Step 4 Dial your personal extension number, that your system administrator provided, followed by #.

Note You may be instructed to enter the complete telephone number (including area code).

Step 5 To confirm, enter your personal extension number again, followed by #.
You will hear a confirmation prompt.

Step 6 Hang up the phone.

The phone resets and displays your extension number.

If you experience any problems, contact your system administrator.

	Bulk Administration Tool User Guide, Release 5.0(1)
	Working with the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support
Bulk Administration Tool User Guide, Release 5.0(1) Index Preface Introducing the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT) Installing BAT Working with IP Phones and Other IP Telephony Devices Working with Users Working with Cisco IP Manager Assistant Working with User Device Profiles Working with Gateways and Ports Working with the Export Utility Generating Reports Working with the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support Troubleshooting BAT and TAPS Text-Based CSV Files	Download this chapter Working with the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support Download the complete book PDF Version of Entire Book (PDF - 3 MB) Table Of Contents Working with the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support Introducing TAPS Auto-registration Options for TAPS Using TAPS with New Phones Using TAPS for Reloading Configurations Secured Directory Numbers Language Prompts for TAPS Users Installing TAPS Configuring TAPS in Cisco CallManager Configuring the TAPS Application in CRS Applications Server Uninstalling TAPS Completing TAPS Uninstallation Starting TAPS Stopping TAPS Setting TAPS Options Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS Setting Secure Directory Numbers Restricting Directory Numbers Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number Removing All Directory Numbers Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers Setting User Locales for TAPS Adding Languages for TAPS Prompts Removing Languages for TAPS Prompts TAPS Information for End Users Working with the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support The Tool for Auto-Registered Phone Support (TAPS) application enables phone users to call the TAPS directory number and download the preconfigured phone settings for the user's directory number. TAPS works in conjunction with Cisco CallManager Administration to provide these capabilities: Configure TAPS—Allows you to enable TAPS usage for all phones that use auto-registration or to limit TAPS to only phones that are added through BAT with dummy MAC addresses. See the "Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS" section. Secure TAPS—Allows you to keep some directory numbers from being updated through TAPS. See the "Setting Secure Directory Numbers" section User Locales for TAPS—Allows you to choose the languages for TAPS prompts. See the "Setting Secure Directory Numbers" section. The following topics provide information about using, installing, and configuring TAPS: •Introducing TAPS •Installing TAPS •Configuring TAPS in Cisco CallManager •Uninstalling TAPS •Starting TAPS •Stopping TAPS •Setting TAPS Options •TAPS Information for End Users Introducing TAPS To work with auto-registration, you must install some TAPS components on the Cisco CallManager publisher server. You must enable auto-registration in Cisco CallManager Administration for TAPS to function. The TAPS application also gets installed on the Cisco Customer Response Solutions (Cisco CRS) server. TAPS requires the Cisco IP Interactive Voice Response (IP IVR) application that runs on the Cisco CRS server for the user interface and prompts. Administrators need to provide instructions to tell end users how to use TAPS to configure their new phones. For end user instructions, see the "TAPS Information for End Users" section Note Cisco recommends that you stop the TAPS service when you are not using TAPS to add phones to Cisco CallManager database. See the "Stopping TAPS" section. Related Topics •Auto-registration Options for TAPS •Secured Directory Numbers •Language Prompts for TAPS Users Auto-registration Options for TAPS You can set the following options for using TAPS to update auto-registering phones. •Update MAC addresses and download a predefined configuration for new phones. •Reload the configuration for replacement phones. Using TAPS with New Phones After BAT has added the new phone configurations with dummy MAC addresses in Cisco CallManager Administration, you can plug the phones into the network. You or the phone user can dial a TAPS directory number that causes the phone to download its configuration. At the same time, the phone gets updated in Cisco CallManager Administration with the correct MAC address. You must make sure that Auto-registration is enabled in Cisco CallManager Administration (System > Cisco CallManager) for TAPS to function. Example You have 100 new-hire employees starting on Monday. You must add these users and their new phones to Cisco CallManager Administration. You can use BAT to create a phone template for these 100 phones and a CSV data file for phones and users. By using the dummy MAC address option in the CSV data file, you do not need to add the individual MAC addresses for the new phones. With auto-registration enabled in Cisco CallManager, you can plug the phones directly into the network. You or the new employee can load the configuration by dialing the TAPS directory number and following the voice-prompt instructions. Using TAPS for Reloading Configurations When you must replace an existing phone that is not functioning, you can use TAPS to download the existing phone configuration to the new phone. After the user receives the new phone and plugs the phone into the network, the user dials the TAPS directory number to download configuration for the previous phone. The user makes no configuration changes during this process. In Cisco CallManager Administration, you must enable auto-registration. You must ensure that you configure TAPS usage for all phones to enable a user to download an existing phone configuration. See the "Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS" section. Example John's Cisco IP Phone 7940 gets short-circuited during a lightning storm. He receives a new Cisco IP Phone 7940 and plugs it into the network. John can dial the TAPS directory number, and the new phone will download the configuration that was previously used for the damaged phone. TAPS automatically updates device information in Cisco CallManager Administration. Related Topics •Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS •Introducing TAPS Secured Directory Numbers Because TAPS can replace a directory number, you can protect certain directory numbers from being overwritten. To protect important directory numbers, you can use the Secure TAPS option. See the"Setting Secure Directory Numbers" section for more information. Example The directory number 5000 provides voice-messaging access for your system. You do not want a new user to mistakenly configure 5000 on the new phone. The Secure TAPS option allows you to specify that TAPS cannot access directory number "5000." Related Topics •Setting Secure Directory Numbers •Introducing TAPS Language Prompts for TAPS Users You can configure user prompts for TAPS to play in several languages. Administrators can choose the languages to make available to users. See the "Setting User Locales for TAPS" section. If you need to use language prompts other than English prompts, make sure that you installed the Cisco IP Telephony Locale Installer on every Cisco CallManager and Cisco CRS server in the cluster before you install, upgrade, or configure TAPS. Using the locale installer ensures that you have the latest translated text, translated voice prompts, country-specific phone tones, and country-specific gateways tones available for the phones. For more information on the Cisco IP Telephony Locale Installer, refer to the specific locale installer documentation. Related Topics •Setting User Locales for TAPS •Introducing TAPS Installing TAPS This section provides information about installing, reinstalling, and uninstalling TAPS. TAPS interfaces with both Cisco CallManager publisher server and Cisco Customer Response Solution (CRS) 3.5 server; therefore, the installation involves both of these servers. Prior to BAT Release 5.0(1), TAPS installation and uninstallation for Cisco CallManager was part of the BAT installation program.With BAT 5.0(1), TAPS is installed separately. During TAPS installation or reinstallation on the publisher database server, the setup program halts the following services: •IIS Administration •World Wide Web publishing •FTP publishing These services restart when the installation is finished. You cannot use Windows Terminal Services to install TAPS. You must install TAPS directly from the Cisco CallManager publisher server and the Cisco CRS server. Note If you installed TAPS 5.0(1) prior to installing BAT 5.0(1), do not uninstall the previous release of BAT. You must upgrade BAT to 5.01 because the BAT 4.X uninstall programs also remove TAPS components. Before You Begin The following prerequisites apply to the TAPS installation for BAT Release 5.0: •Make sure that the publisher database for Cisco CallManager is configured and running. The publisher database can reside on its own server or on the same server as Cisco CallManager. •Before installing TAPS, ensure that the latest BAT release is installed on the publisher database server for Cisco CallManager. •Have the IP address for the Cisco CallManager publisher server and the private phrase for the installation procedure. •Ensure the Cisco CRS server is configured. The Cisco CRS 3.5 application can reside on its own dedicated server or can be co-located on the same server as Cisco CallManager. •Be sure to use the locale installer to create the country-specific TAPS prompts. •Ensure that the Windows 2000 Services window is closed. To install TAPS, use this procedure. Procedure Step 1 Log on with administrator privileges to the system that is running the publisher database for Cisco CallManager (where you installed BAT). Step 2 Access Cisco Bulk Administration Tool. Step 3 Choose Applications > Install Plugins. Step 4 Find TAPS (Tool for Auto-Registered Phone Support) and double-click the setup icon. Step 5 The Welcome window for the installation wizard opens. This installation program installs TAPS on the Cisco CallManager publisher server and the CRS applications server at the same time, if applications are co-located on the same server. Click Next. Note When you are installing TAPS in a network with a dedicated CRS server, you must run the TAPS installation program again on the CRS server. Use CRS online help for assistance with installation and configuration. Step 6 Enter the Cisco CallManager publisher server IP address in the IP Address field, and click Next. Step 7 Enter the Private Phrase for the Cisco CallManager publisher server in the Installing Cisco CallManager Components window and click Next. Step 8 The Installing TAPSonCCM and TAPSonAppsServer window displays a progress bar that shows the status of the installation. Click Next to begin the installation. Step 9 The Installation Completed window displays when the installation ends. Click Finish. Configuring TAPS in Cisco CallManager Like other applications in the Cisco IP telephony system, TAPS has some configuration requirements. You must add a CTI route point, CTI ports, and users in Cisco CallManager Administration. You need only one CTI route point for the TAPS application. You will need at least one CTI port to make TAPS available to users, but you can configure more CTI ports for users if desired. Use Cisco CallManager Administration for the following tasks: •Create a CTI route point and assign it a unique directory number. •Set call forward busy, call forward no answer, and call forward on failure to the operator number on the TAPS CTI route point. •Create one or more CTI ports with directory numbers. You can create CTI ports in BAT or in Cisco CallManager Administration. TAPS supports a maximum number of sessions equal to the number of CTI ports that are configured for TAPS. For example, if you have configured five CTI ports, up to five users can dial into TAPS at same the time. The sixth caller cannot connect to TAPS. •Create a user. The TAPS route point and ports should be in the user's control devices list. Set "Enable CTI applications use" for the user. •Create an auto-registration partition/calling search space to prevent phones that have auto-registered from dialing any directory number other than the directory number that is assigned to the TAPS CTI route point. Restricting access to this directory number ensures that users download the proper configuration information for their phones. For information about how to add or assign these values, see the Cisco CallManager Administration Guide. To start Cisco TAPS Service, you must use the Services window in Windows 2000. Configuring the TAPS Application in CRS Applications Server You can review the Cisco CRS 3.5 Application Server documentation by browsing to Cisco Voice Applications and Tools at http://www.cisco.com. Refer to the Cisco Customer Response Administration Guide for instructions on how to configure an application. Note When you are installing TAPS in a network with a dedicated CRS server, you must run the TAPS installation program again on the CRS server. Use CRS online help for assistance with installation and configuration. Related Topics •Uninstalling TAPS •Completing TAPS Uninstallation •Starting TAPS •Stopping TAPS •Setting TAPS Options Uninstalling TAPS The uninstall program removes the TAPS applications from the system when both CRS and Cisco CallManager are running on the same server (co-located). If Cisco CallManager publisher and CRS are installed on different servers, you must remove TAPS from both servers. After completing the following steps on the server that is running the publisher database for Cisco CallManager, you must complete the uninstallation of TAPS on the Cisco CRS server. Note If you uninstall BAT, the TAPS components remain installed on the server.You cannot open the TAPS user interface because you must use the BAT Configure menu to access the TAPS user interface. The TAPS directory number remains available to users for updating phones To uninstall TAPS by using the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, use the following procedure. Procedure Step 1 On the server that is running the publisher database for Cisco CallManager, choose Start > Settings > Control Panel> Add/Remove programs. Step 2 Choose TAPS and click the Change/Remove button. A message displays that confirms the uninstall operation. Step 3 To uninstall TAPS, click Yes or No to cancel. The IIS Admin service stops, files are deleted, and the IIS Admin service restarts. Step 4 To exit the uninstallation, click OK. For co-located systems, you have removed both the Cisco CallManager and CRS components of TAPS. If TAPS is also running on a dedicated CRS server, you must also complete the steps in the "Completing TAPS Uninstallation" section. Completing TAPS Uninstallation To uninstall TAPS from the Cisco CRS server, perform the following steps. This procedure completes the TAPS uninstallation. Procedure Step 1 On the Cisco CRS server, choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Step 2 Choose TAPS and click the Change/Remove button. A message displays that confirms the uninstall operation. Step 3 To uninstall TAPS, click Yes or No to cancel. If you clicked Yes, TAPS uninstalls from the Cisco CRS server. Step 4 To exit the uninstallation, click OK. Related Topic •Installing TAPS •Configuring TAPS in Cisco CallManager Starting TAPS You must manually start the TAPS service. Use this procedure to start TAPS. Procedure Step 1 On the server that is running the publisher database for Cisco CallManager, choose Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Services. The Services window displays. Step 2 Double-click Cisco TAPS. The TAPS service now runs. If the service should fail, you must manually start TAPS again. Related Topic •Setting TAPS Options Stopping TAPS Cisco recommends that you stop the TAPS service when you are not using TAPS to add phones to Cisco CallManager database. Stop the TAPS service from the Services window on the publisher server where BAT is installed. Procedure Step 1 On the server that is running the publisher database for Cisco CallManager, choose Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Services. The Services window displays. Step 2 In the list of services, right-click Cisco TAPS and click Stop. Related Topic •Starting TAPS Setting TAPS Options Administrators can choose how to use TAPS in their Cisco CallManager system. These TAPS feature options provide more flexibility when allowing users to update phones or download phone profiles. The TAPS options include: •Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS •Setting Secure Directory Numbers •Setting User Locales for TAPS To access TAPS Options, on the machine that is running BAT, choose Start > Programs > Cisco CallManager 4.0> Bulk Admin Tool. The BAT main window displays. Choose Configure>TAPS and the TAPS Options window displays. Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS The Configure TAPS option provides two ways to use TAPS to update phones that auto-register with the Cisco CallManager database. •For phones that are added by using BAT and have a dummy MAC address. •For existing phones in Cisco CallManager Administration The default setting limits use of TAPS to phones that have a dummy MAC address with a device name that starts with the prefix "BAT." You can set the Configure TAPS option to allow any phone to auto-register in the Cisco CallManager system, including phones that have a standard MAC address. To set the Configure TAPS option, use this procedure. Procedure Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose Configure TAPS and click Next. The Configure TAPS window displays. Step 2 Choose one of these two options: •Allow Auto-Registered phones to reset with a profile with a dummy MAC address. TAPS updates only the phones that have the dummy MAC address option. •Allow Auto-Registered phones to reset with any profile. TAPS updates any phone that auto-registers. Step 3 Click Update. A status message indicates that the update completed. Step 4 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back. Related Topic •Using TAPS with New Phones •Using TAPS for Reloading Configurations •Secured Directory Numbers •Language Prompts for TAPS Users Setting Secure Directory Numbers The Secure TAPS options let you specify directory numbers that TAPS cannot access. Use this capability when you want to protect directory numbers from being accidentally assigned to another phone. To access TAPS Options, on the machine that is running BAT, choose Start > Programs > Cisco CallManager 4.0> Bulk Admin Tool. The BAT main window displays. Choose Configure>TAPS and the TAPS Options window displays. Related Topics •Restricting Directory Numbers •Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number •Removing All Directory Numbers •Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers Restricting Directory Numbers To block TAPS from using directory numbers that you specify, use this procedure. TAPS cannot use any directory number that you include in the list of secured directory numbers. Procedure Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose Secure TAPS and click Next. The Secure Directory Numbers window appears. Step 2 In the Directory Number field, enter the number that you want to protect from TAPS. Step 3 Click Secure. A prompt tells you that the directory number was added to the list of secured numbers. Step 4 Click OK. Step 5 Continue to add directory numbers by repeating Step 4 through Step 6. When you finish adding directory numbers, click View Secured DN. A list box displays the directory numbers that you have protected. TAPS cannot use the directory numbers that are shown in this list. If a user tries to update a device profile by entering one of the directory numbers in this list, TAPS will refuse the request. Note The View Secure DN list box does not automatically refresh. If you want to see the latest list of secured directory numbers, click Refresh List to redisplay an updated list. Step 6 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back. Related Topics •Secured Directory Numbers •Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number •Removing All Directory Numbers •Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number To remove a directory number from the list of directory numbers that TAPS cannot access, use this procedure. Procedure Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose Secure TAPS and click Next. The Secure Directory Numbers window appears. Step 2 In the field, enter the directory number that you want to unprotect from TAPS. Step 3 Click Remove. A prompt indicates that the directory number has been removed from the list of secured directory numbers. Step 4 Click OK. Step 5 Continue to remove directory numbers by repeating Step4 through Step 6. When you finish removing directory numbers, click View Secured DN. A list box displays the directory numbers that are protected. If a user tries to update a device profile by entering one of the directory numbers in this list, TAPS will refuse the request. Note The View Secure DN list box does not automatically refresh. If you want to see the latest list of secured directory numbers, click Refresh List to display an updated list. Step 6 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back. Related Topics •Secured Directory Numbers •Setting Secure Directory Numbers •Removing All Directory Numbers •Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers Removing All Directory Numbers To remove all the secured directory numbers from the list, use this procedure. Procedure Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose Secure TAPS and click Next. The Secure Directory Numbers window appears. Step 2 Click Remove All. A prompt indicates that no directory numbers will be secured from TAPS. Step 3 Click OK to clear all directory numbers or click Cancel to cancel the clear operation. A prompt advises you that the list of directory numbers that are protected from TAPS has been cleared. Step 4 Click OK. Step 5 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back. Related Topics •Secured Directory Numbers •Restricting Directory Numbers •Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number •Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers Viewing a List of Restricted Directory Numbers To view a list of directory numbers that TAPS cannot access, use this procedure. Procedure Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose Secure TAPS and click Next. The Secure Directory Numbers window appears. Step 2 Click View Secured DN. A list box displays. TAPS cannot use the directory numbers that are shown in this list. If a user tries to update a device profile by entering one of the directory numbers in this list, TAPS will refuse the request. Step 3 Close the list box. Step 4 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back. Related Topics •Secured Directory Numbers •Restricting Directory Numbers •Lifting the Restriction on a Directory Number •Removing All Directory Numbers Setting User Locales for TAPS Administrators can specify the languages for TAPs voice prompts by using the User Locales for TAPS option. You can configure user prompts for TAPS in several languages. Before you install or upgrade TAPS, make sure that you installed the Cisco IP Telephony Locale Installer on every Cisco CallManager and Cisco CRS server in the cluster. Using the locale installer ensures that you have the latest translated text, translated voice prompts, country-specific phone tones, and country-specific gateways tones that are available for the phones. For more information on the Cisco IP Telephony Locale Installer, refer to the specific locale installer documentation. To access TAPS Options, on the machine that is running BAT, choose Start > Programs > Cisco CallManager 4.0> Bulk Admin Tool. The BAT main window displays. Choose Configure>TAPS and the TAPS Options window displays. Adding Languages for TAPS Prompts To set the languages for TAPS prompts, use this procedure. Procedure Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose User Locales for TAPS and click Next. The Select User Locales window displays. Step 2 In the User Locales list box, which is the list of languages that are installed on Cisco CallManager, choose the languages that you want to use for user prompts. Click the arrow to move the chosen language to the Selected User Locales list box. Step 3 You can choose as many languages as you need for user prompts and move them to the Selected User Locales list box. Step 4 After you have chosen the languages for user prompts, click Update. A status message indicates that the update completed. Step 5 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back. Related Topic •Adding Languages for TAPS Prompts •Removing Languages for TAPS Prompts Removing Languages for TAPS Prompts To remove the languages for TAPS prompts, use this procedure. Procedure Step 1 In the TAPS Options window, choose User Locales for TAPS and click Next. The Select User Locales window displays. Step 2 In the Selected User Locales list box, which is the list of languages that is chosen for user prompts, choose the language that you want to remove. Step 3 Click the arrow to move the chosen language to the User Locales list box. You can choose one or many languages from user prompts and move them to the User Locales list box. Step 4 Click Update. A status message indicates that the updated is completed. Step 5 To return to the TAPS Options page, click Back. Related Topic •Adding Languages for TAPS Prompts •Setting Secure Directory Numbers •Configuring Auto-Registration Options for TAPS TAPS Information for End Users To configure your new phone, use this procedure. Procedure Step 1 Plug the phone into a port. The phone automatically registers and displays a number. Step 2 Dial the TAPS extension that your system administrator provided. Step 3 A voice prompts you to choose the language that you want to use. Choose appropriately. Step 4 Dial your personal extension number, that your system administrator provided, followed by #. Note You may be instructed to enter the complete telephone number (including area code). Step 5 To confirm, enter your personal extension number again, followed by #. You will hear a confirmation prompt. Step 6 Hang up the phone. The phone resets and displays your extension number. If you experience any problems, contact your system administrator.
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